Current Projects chat and miscellany

The old XT hubs are great bang-for-the-buck

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=3987

Annoyingly the one I don't want is a mere £18, and the one I do want is £40. CRC always do this

^^ This any help? - http://www.hopetech.com/page.aspx?itemID=SPG242

I know someone else used one on their Pompetamine and it worked well, but dunno how you'd get disc and fixed...

This looks like a very bling way to get a single speed - yikes £138!

I wouldn't want to swap back and forth between a Fixxer and the stock freehub, in my experience the slight mismatch between the splines (probably deliberate to eliminate backlash when using fixed) makes the conversion a one-time deal. So, Surly Fixxer and a screw-on single freewheel is the way to go if you want cheap.

If you don't mind losing the back brake when riding fixed, Hope Trials hub and a bolt on sprocket would be nice.

I don't think the Arai thread is 1.37", so an Arai-disc adaptor will only fit on hubs designed for Arai brakes, not onto a normal sprocket thread on a double sided hub.

I thought you might know more than my google skills about arai brake thread size.

Cheers for the help, think I'll get a cheap shimano hub and single speed it until I've got some funds for a surly fixxer.

Now has anyone got an avid bb7 calliper going cheap??