Hi Patrick, I will offer up my 2 cents: I own a Surly Cross-Check (132.5mm rear dropout spacing) and I converted it to SS/fixed gear about 18 months ago. Never having such a drivetrain, I researched rear hubs. I settled on the VO fixed/freewheel hub (32 hole drilling only). I installed a Shimano freewheel cog on one side and a Surly fixed cog on the other. The VO hub came with various spacers so the hub will fit 126, 130 or 135 dropouts. It does have a hollow axle but I've only used the bolts to secure it to the horizontal dropouts on the CC. One could use a QR if desired. FWIW: Mike Varley (BMC) recommends use of Shimano only QRs for the rear. He states they clamp very well vs. other QRs on the market.
BTW: I recently purchased a Fuji Team road bike frame & fork. The mid-80's frame had 126 spacing. Wanting to put it together quickly to see how it rode I put the VO hub with the 126 spacers on it. Good luck! Jeff On Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 7:11:57 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I should add that the default is the Surly, if currently available; it has > been perfectly trouble free for thousands of miles and looks good. A > fixed/fixed would be nice, though. And I'd like opinions on others. > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 7:48 AM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I have to buy a new fixed road hub since the Surly I've been using >> apparently can't be respaced to the required 120 mm. >> >> I've not bought a fixed hub since 2006 or so, tho' I did upgrade my Surly >> axle and bearings about 2010, so I'm interested in suggestions. >> >> I'd like: >> >> Adequate sealing against dust and occasional rain; >> Hollow axle for QR or allen bolts; >> Decent bearings. >> >> I know and own Phil, but I am trying in this case to buy on merit or >> value and not on status. If Phil or Paul don't add 50% or 100% more value >> (metaphor) then I'd rather not pay half or all again as much as necessary. >> >> I see that Surly still makes a 120 OL silver 32 hole hub and that you can >> buy a hollow, threaded axle for it. >> >> Miche, Velo Orange, DT, Formula: I've looked at all of these, but not all >> take QR skewers. >> >> Your (singular and plural) recommendations? >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/266434db-1c6c-4a6c-9491-b29b57c55836o%40googlegroups.com.
