First Fixie Surly

This is my surly steamroller, its my first fixie/ss bike and am very pleased so far, bought it second hand from ebay. Thought id say hi and pop some pics up of her.

Not sure if the wheel fitted to it is a flip flop or purely fixie, if anyone could shed some light on this it'd be much appreciated.

That is a very nice looking bike. Feel free to decline, but may I ask how much you parted with for her?

Around £250

fair price, good going

that's fixed on the non DS, you can see the different threads for the cog/lockring.

nice bike by the way!

Bargain! Congrats. Changing any parts on 'er?

Cheers, whats the DS side?? Guessing you mean that the side with the cog on is fixie (which it is) and the other threaded side can have something like....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Single-Speed-Bike-Free-Wheel-Cog-ss-Freewheel-Sprocket-/220709813689?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&var=&hash=item3363547db9#ht_1682wt_1022
....this on to make it just a single speed.

@jakebrown cheers, yeh already swapped the saddle over as it was abit chunky, would prefer an even more slimline one, get some nice toe clips n straps then maybe some tires.

Yeah the driveside where all the action takes place. Your non DS is designed a for a threaded cog and lockring. I think a freewheel would fit on a fixed cog thread, but as it has less thread than a free hub it might not be the best idea. Maybe someone else can shed light on that?

As far I'm aware you should never put a ss freewheel on a fixed/fixed hub. Which I believe this is? There are fixed/ss and fixed/fixed hubs and if this is fixed fixed then no freewheel for you mon friend. But someone correct me if I'm wrong...

You can run a freewheel on the fixed side as long as the threads are the same. I'm running one on my polo bike without any problems.

As far I'm aware you should never put a ss freewheel on a fixed/fixed hub.

Oh you can, no reason why you couldn't.

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How can I find out what thread it is on the wheel. Also what sort of locking ring would I need to secure the freewheel on?

Do you know what the hub is? You don't need a lockring for a freewheel, pedalling forward will tighten the freewheel onto the hub, reverse-pedalling will just coast, not unscrew

Looks like a Miche Primato?

Defintely a Miche, Primato very likely so.

Just been out to have a look and yes is a primato, anyone any idea what thread that would mean I have?

oh and they also say 'pistard' on them

This will.

I think.

You should be able to run a freewheel with no problem, and you wont need a lockring or anything, just there wont be as much thread to screw it on to.
Guessing they'll have a standard threading for the cog/freewheel, but if you decide to run a fixed cog on both sides, then be aware you'll need an Italian threaded lockring. Miche do make them too though.

Cheers, will look into this. Have been just ridding it about for the mean time n learning how to ride fixie n how to stop (aka skid). Finding that my gear ratio, 48/18 is abit high so have bought a 42t and 16t cog cheap on here to play around to see where im happier. Think I will probably run 42/16 just for ease, and to make skidding easier.

Done a few little aesthetic bits today such as swapping bar ends for some wine corks I had lying around n sorting some lights/reflectors out that dont look to bad. Pics to follow if anyone is interested.

You just spend a lots of money having an almost identical gearing to your original step up, of which will be difficult to notice the difference.

it's much cheaper to just buy an 19t cog.