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01-09-2005, 04:54 PM

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 13:25:06 -0800, Tom Keats wrote:

> Sweet. Is that a track sprocket or a flip-flop hub?
> And did you add on the rear brake, or was it just
> already there? Either way, I imagine it's good to
> have in snow & ice.

Neither. It's a Shimano cassette hub with spacers (home depot plumbing
section), a Shimano DX bmx cog, and a lockring. If I was doing it from
scratch, I'd get a cheap set of freewheel wheels from Nashbar for $60 or
so, re-dish, move the axle, and screw on a track cog.

The bike's formerly an old '78 Viscount so both front and rear 600 brakes
came with it. I switched it to 700c wheels from 27 which let me use skinny
fenders and 28c tires. The shifters were old school clamp on, so no
downtube braze-ons.

Best thing was that a standard bmx chain fit w/o
shortening it.

01-09-2005, 04:54 PM

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 13:25:06 -0800, Tom Keats wrote:

> Sweet. Is that a track sprocket or a flip-flop hub?
> And did you add on the rear brake, or was it just
> already there? Either way, I imagine it's good to
> have in snow & ice.

Neither. It's a Shimano cassette hub with spacers (home depot plumbing
section), a Shimano DX bmx cog, and a lockring. If I was doing it from
scratch, I'd get a cheap set of freewheel wheels from Nashbar for $60 or
so, re-dish, move the axle, and screw on a track cog.

The bike's formerly an old '78 Viscount so both front and rear 600 brakes
came with it. I switched it to 700c wheels from 27 which let me use skinny
fenders and 28c tires. The shifters were old school clamp on, so no
downtube braze-ons.

Best thing was that a standard bmx chain fit w/o
shortening it.

01-09-2005, 04:54 PM

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 13:25:06 -0800, Tom Keats wrote:

> Sweet. Is that a track sprocket or a flip-flop hub?
> And did you add on the rear brake, or was it just
> already there? Either way, I imagine it's good to
> have in snow & ice.

Neither. It's a Shimano cassette hub with spacers (home depot plumbing
section), a Shimano DX bmx cog, and a lockring. If I was doing it from
scratch, I'd get a cheap set of freewheel wheels from Nashbar for $60 or
so, re-dish, move the axle, and screw on a track cog.

The bike's formerly an old '78 Viscount so both front and rear 600 brakes
came with it. I switched it to 700c wheels from 27 which let me use skinny
fenders and 28c tires. The shifters were old school clamp on, so no
downtube braze-ons.

Best thing was that a standard bmx chain fit w/o
shortening it.