Affix singlespeed/fixed hub

"lets you swap between singlespeed and fixed gear with a flick of the wrist"

repost - ish? https://www.lfgss.com/thread10321.html

repost - ish? http://www.lfgss.com/thread10321.html

Looks like a different hub. Worthy post IMO.

The post you highlighted concerns the SRAM Torpedo hub,

and this one mentions the AFFIX hub.

doesnt really seem worth it as will have same gi, so unless you're going down a masssive hill and cant spin fast seems a bit pointless.

..............cant spin..........

Thers's a whole thread about that.

Has anyone had a look at what this hub does, or how it does it?

By turning the large fan-shaped dial, you lock in the fixed gear, or in turning the dial in the opposite direction, you select the freewheel.

It appears that the differences between the SRAM Torpedo, and the Affix SS-Fixed hubs, are that the SRAM needs a screwdriver to make 7 turns in any one direction, to engage either fixed or freewheel - but the Affix simply requires rotating the fan-dial with one's fingers. The weight is the second difference, with the Affix being quite a bit heavier - SRAM Torpedo at 480gr, and the Affix at 570gr. Further, the Affix handily, for those that want it, can go down to a 14t cog....and spaces from 120-135mm rear spacings - road bikes AND MTBs. The Torpedo goes down to a 16t cog, and can be spaced out from 120mm-130mm.

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Why will noone make a double sided freecoaster, can't be that hard to modify the design of a current coaster brake/freecoaster hubs such that when you keep cranks stationary the bike can coast in either direction pedal forward you propel the bike forward, pedal back and you can resist the pedals/skid/propel the bike backwards.

Or make that Affix hub but with a remote operating lever, attached by a cable, like a lockout lever for a fork. Could be attached to the seatpost/toptube etc

Would be great for tricks, coast for wall rides, hops 180s etc then use the lockout to turn it into a fixed hub for backwards riding and skids.

How would you be able to distinguish between deliberate forward motion and simple descending? Same goes for distinguishing between an attempted skid and pedaling backwards to re-aligning your feet position whilst stationary at a light?

(Not an engineer but first thoughts off the top of my head here)

I don't really understand what you mean by deliberate forward motion or simple descending.
As for pedalling back at traffic light, i presume you mean with the rear wheel on the ground? Can't do it on fixed with the wheel on the ground so no loss, can't do it at all on a coaster brake so no loss.

Has anyone had a look at what this hub does, or how it does it?

I'm currently trying to procure one for my work project. Would like to get hands on with it.

Will post if I get any info...

i just bought the affix hub its awesome but pricey

mine is orange

... review?

I saw a video of a guy locking it up, looked like it has play, even when locked - is this right longskid? If it has I imagen it to be fucking horrible.

Are you a mechanical engineer samdaniel?

Its just that you appear to be summarily dismissing an engineer's work. I was wondering the basis for your derision.

Are you a mechanical engineer samdaniel?

Its just that you appear to be summarily dismissing an engineer's work. I was wondering the basis for your derision.

As a matter of fact I am actually a full time engineer, only not in the bicycle manufacturing industry, I also worked in a bike shop, the hub appears to be a normal casette with a thread or something which locks it in place... it just seems dodgy, and in my opinion pointless.

Watch http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkebike/4500641281/ once its locked there 'APPEARS' be be play, if there was play on a fixed cog, then you would experience an amount of play at your feet when stopping, and accelerating from standing.

Plus, I dont know anything about this 'Affix' company either, where are there parts manufactured designed etc?

It is designed to be pushed in and turned to the right, or left, at which time it would be locked in place.
Surely there would be play, because it HAS to move. How else could it be pushed in and turned?

You're clearly not the same sort of engineer that I was thinking of.

Why would you need to know about the company, and where the parts were sourced?

Condor claim to make bikes, and do, but their more exotic steel bikes are made in Italy, from a tubing that is kept
largely secret. Does this somehow mean that you now question whether Condor is a company that might be any good or not?

By the way, as BikeRadar tells us, Affix is part of the KHE stable. You can clearly see the
manufacturing resemblances on the KHE hubs (and another example) as to the Affix.

KHE Hub

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Are you a mechanical engineer samdaniel?

As a matter of fact I am actually a full time engineer

Here's a clue to the origins of parts:

AFFIX Taiwan:
UNI-VICTOR INTERNATIONAL CORP
No.50, Lane 462, Guang Shing Road, Taiping
Taichung County, Taiwan, R.O.C. 411
Phone: 886-4-2271-4297
Fax: 886-4-2271-4298

Its where most reputable bicycle parts come from - Taiwan.

velo_libre believes you (a bout of unseasonal gullibility it appears), that you are indeed an engineer.

Thats one person anyway.

Ok, KHE. Before I rode fixed (when I was young, didnt eat too many kebabs and pies) I rode BMX. KHE were well known for having troubles (check bikeguide.org etc) with both there freecoasters and cassette hubs... mainly the freecoasters, being the more technical hub.

Ok I dont really know how to prove that im an engineer but the company I work for is Alton Precision, Longport in Stoke.

These hubs will have more problems than any other introduced the the fashionable world of fixed gear, trust me.

Jeeze.

Thats one person anyway.

C'mon, its hardly scientific or even fair to rubbish a new product, based on what one has seen on a video on YouTube, or one remembers from certain products in a company's history.

I don't think I'm being a cunt at all for disagreeing with someone who poo-poo's something without testing it, or even handling it.

You're out of line. Your comments towards me are becoming increasingly personal. Maybe you should rethink that.

Whether he is right or wrong, does matter to Affix at least. Even if the product is rubbish, I say we let the market decide first? We all know a product better after its been tested. That's all I'm saying.

Are you a mechanical engineer samdaniel?

As a matter of fact I am actually a full time engineer

Yeah!Maybe the hub will help you back pedal! See what I did there!

you dont have to be an engineer to see the play in that video.