Convert to Freewheel

Hi people,

I feel ashamed saying this but it is doing my head in riding a fixie, I want to convert the rear hub to freewheel.

On the hub there is a thread on the other side of the fixed cog. I was wondering if this has something to do with a flip flop hub?

Also what would the cheapest way of converting?

I feel like a rite twat but hitting curbs getting passed cars and decking the pedals round corners has me furious!! ha

Will

Freewheel cogs simply screw onto the same thread that a fixed cog would, but without the need for a lockring. No need for a conversion as such, just buy a freewheel and stick it on.

buy one of these screw it on the thread, bob's your uncle

EDIT: damn you Irishman!

Just put a freewheel on the other side.

Fucking slow bastards... ;)

Claire, you out West this eve?

And a rear brake.

On the hub there is a thread on the other side of the fixed cog. I was wondering if this has something to do with a flip flop hub?

What you have is know as a fixed/free hub. The other side is designed for a freewheel cassette. To be fair, you can throw a freewheel cassette on the fixed side as well, it really doesn't matter.

I'm going to be running double SS on mine (I live in Sheffield, it's hilly, I like to descend faster than my legs can spin).

Please for the love of god put a second brake on your bike. It really is much smarter then just the one.

Freewheel cassettes cost from about £10 but plan to spend about £20 for a good one. New brake sets should cost about £30 for something good.

You can put cassettes on flip flop hubs?

Or, if money is an object, there are plenty of 'wanted: 16/17t freewheel' ads you can bump, should be able to get one for £6 ish, and lots of brakes in the For Sale threads.

Fucking slow bastards... ;)

Claire, you out West this eve?

Prob not, I have to deal with Estate Agents and Window fitters at the old flat and start filling holes in walls :-(

Thanks for the advice everyone! I am on the case.. I take it freewheel cassettes are all standard thread size?

the existing on e is 15 teeth..

will a bmx sprocket do the job?

As long as it's a freewheel and not a sprocket designed to go on a freehub it'll do the job. Check out Clefty's link, you want something that looks like that.

anyone have any experience of how to remove the cassette on a 25yr old peugeot, my cassette remover tool doesnt fit it and it seems to be quite strangely threaded!

If you're only going to take it off once then you may as well take it to your lbs and ask them to take it off for beer or peanuts or whatever..
They are likely to have the tool.

Freewheel cassettes cost from about £10 but plan to spend about £20 for a good one.

or £70 if you want one that is far better than all the others (Eno) and doesn't knock constantly and have slow pick up. If you ride a lot it is actually worth the £70.

IMHO the White freewheel is not worth the money.
A friend has alaready changed twice the bearing (which costed him almost as a shimano freewheel...). The only Cartridge bearings that are REALLY well sealed are the Chris King ones, all the rest will leak dirt sooner or later. I always ride the Shimano's, every few months I take it apart, clean, put new grease and 1/8 ball bearings, and the first one I used 4 years ago is still good!

Consider also that the White gets noisy with track chains

hi

i'm converting from fixed to ss, the 1 thing that i'm worried about is the run of the cable for the rear brake, all the lugs have been filed off the frame before it was sprayed so what to do about the cable run? cable tie to frame?

thanks

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/genetic/top-tube-cable-clamps-ec023501

thanks Rod