Dura ace track hubs

Hi, hoping someone out there can be of assistance, I have bought my son a fixed bike to use at uni, it has DA large flange track hubs, 7600's I think if he doesn't embrace the fixed concept can I switch it to run singlespeed instead, ifso what would we need.

Your assistance would be appreciated

cheers

A freewheel and a rear brake.

a single speed freewheel and a brake on both wheels.

goddamit

rolf lol omg wtf

Thanks for (amazingly quick) replies, am I mistaken in thinking that fixed hub body threads are in someway different to those for a freewheel?

A singlespeed freewheel will screw straight onto a track hub- it's slightly misleading when some manufacturers refer to hubs as "fixed/free", as all it actually means is that you cannot run a fixed sprocket on one side- with a "fixed/fixed" hub you could, if you so wished, run a freewheel on both sides.

The fixed/fixed hub will have two threads on each side, one of slightly smaller diameter than the other, and the reverse direction of the larger one. Sprocket goes on the larger diameter thread that is closest to the flange, then the lockring goes on the smaller diameter thread.

A freewheel will simply screw onto the sprocket thread, over the lockring thread.

So- hubs are fine.

Next issue (as mentioned above) is braking- a fixed drivetrain means that you have a way of braking should the front brake fail- however with a singlespeed drivetrain that is not the case, so you need to add a second brake.

If the frame is not drilled for a rear brake you can get adapters to fit a caliper without having to take a drill to the frame.

Cheers all!

On this topic, I might be need to space a Shimano freewheel out by a few mm.
I'm not yet sure of what wheelset, so can't test myself - will it be a problem getting that freewheel spaced out on a fixed thread?
Or will this be possible by the same width as with a fixed cog, which is about 3mm max, right?

Thanks

On a fixed hub you do lose some thread area that the freewheel would (on a freewheel hub) normally screw onto.

If you spaced it out you might end up relying on a fairly small strip of thread.

I could measure the thread available on my hub if it would help?

On this topic, I might be need to space a Shimano freewheel out by a few mm.
I'm not yet sure of what wheelset, so can't test myself - will it be a problem getting that freewheel spaced out on a fixed thread?
Or will this be possible by the same width as with a fixed cog, which is about 3mm max, right?

Thanks

The teeth on a freewheel sit slightly further out than the teeth on a fixed cog so you might not need to space it out.

dibz the shim ano hubz