I did that on the hub of my QB with blue Loctite and a bottom bracket lockring. Works fine without backpedaling, but it didn't take much pressure to make it loosen. For mountain fixed riding, I'd really recommend a true fixed gear hub. I found it very difficult to ride down steep dirt without any back pressure.
jim m walnut creek, ca On Monday, November 13, 2017 at 11:16:31 AM UTC-8, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > For winter and the increased feel of the ground conditions I want to try > out fixed on my Quickbeam. I know the gear ratios work with Surly’s 17t/21t > Dingle Cog (my Dos Eno is 16t/17t. The dingle cog would allow me to have a > higher return gear without having to flip-flop the wheel (not fun in the > sub-freezing and wind and snow), but simply manually shift as I normally > do. > > I do not plan on riding aggressive fixed techniques such as using back > pedaling for brakes (but will if needed for conditions). From what I > understand from conversations with Riv this is a fairly common way to ride > fixed. > > My hub is ss/ss, so not ss/fixed. How does it work putting a fixed cog on > a ss hub? Aside from riding hard to help it seat solidly, anything else I > should do to maximize the hold without a lock ring? Is there a way to add a > lock ring? Anything else I should consider? > > With abandon, > Patrick > > www.CredoFamily.org > www.MindYourHeadCoop.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
