Single-speed freewheel installation question

Hi,

I'm in the process of building my first bike and am a bit clueless when it comes to the installation of the freewheel onto the hub.

I have these wheels:
http://www.planet-x-warehouse.co.uk/acatalog/info_WPOONPPWS.html

and plan to get this freewheel:
http://www.velosolo.co.uk/dxfw.html

S, a couple of questions:

1. Is it simply a case of screwing the freewheel onto the threaded hub?
   
2. A specialist tool is most probably required, which one?
   
3. Is a lockring required to secure the freewheel?
   
   

I have done a bit of searching but getting a bit confused so your help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Nope, just spin the freewheel on by hand, as you pedal it will tighten the freewheel onto the hub.

Quick and easy, no tools required- no lock ring is needed either.

Looks like the wheels are threaded for a fixed sprocket and lockring on both sides - fixed/fixed. All this means is that the freewheel will have some threads that are not engaged. Nothing to worry about, and in my opinion, for reasons i am too lazy to type, is preferable to fixed/free.

Thanks Dammit, looks like it will be easier than I had anticipated.

Braker - on the Planet x website I bought the description says 'Can be run single speed with screw on BMX style freewheel', Do the potential problems you identify still exist in light of this?

Thanks

There are no real problems here.

Wheels are usually described as fixed/fixed or fixed/free.

The difference being that the side of the hub described as "free" does not have threads for a lockring cut into it, so therefore it cannot be used to run a fixed sprocket.

As Braker says that means that when you run a freewheel on a "fixed" side of the hub, i.e. a side that has both sprocket and lockring threads cut into it then it means you have a very narrow area which is not supporting the freewheel.

However this is a non-issue, don't worry about it. Nothing will go wrong or break.

Also, most prefer fixed/fixed as it allows any combination of freewheels and fixed sprockets.

great thanks guys, think thats me sorted

yup, put the freewheel on by hand then apply front brake and pedal to tighten.

Use lots of grease for a freewheel on a fixed thread or it will be a bugger to get off.

Hang on, we're all being a bit too helpful here.

Where is the abuse, the calls to UTFS/HTFU?

Is the season of good cheer affecting LFGSS now?

It's actually rather pleasant.

Time for another mince pie.

I'm high

I know that, I have met you.

Just bought a freewheel myself and it's a fair bit cheaper on Parker!

http://www.parker-international.co.uk/c/40/Freewheels.html

Cheap shimano one while it does the job, it's not exactly the smoothest.

the best are the White Industries one.

The eno is pretty good, but it definitely isn't the best. A lot of the trials freewheels are smoother and have more engagement points. For example; try-all 108.9 has 9 pawls and 108 engagement points.

Cheap shimano one while it does the job, it's not exactly the smoothest.

the best are the White Industries one.

+1 - I had a lot of trouble with mine.

Cheap shimano one while it does the job, it's not exactly the smoothest.

the best are the White Industries one.

used shimano free wheels for years, bmx racing/dirt/street as well as singlespedd and they have always been fine and dandy, would never describe them as unsmooth, give a little spray to cut through the grease and they are sweet.

Hello everyone,

I recently bought a wheelset from planet X that is supposed to support fixed and free http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/WPWEIDP18/weinmann-dp18-on-fixed-free-miche-pr1mato-track-wheelset but my local mechanic told me that it cannot support a freewheel. The freewheel cannot be fully threaded as you can see.

Also the chain is very close to the spokes.

What do you think, is it safe to ride? Should I return the wheels to Planet X?

Thank's in advance

Technically you can run a freewheel on a fixed thread, just not recommended.

Go fixed.

How are you going to get that off? I can't see any notches for removing it.

In fact, have you tried riding it?

Looking at the link it appears that the freewheel has been threaded on the fixed side, not the freewheel side.

No?

Looking at the link it appears that the freewheel has been threaded on the fixed side, not the freewheel side.

No?

I'm not so sure. Even if it had been, the thread for the lockring should poke out further through the middle of the freewheel. The fact that the freewheel seems to be hardly on the threads and yet "the chain is very close to the spokes", along with the absence of notches to fit a remover tool, and the fact that the thread on the freewheel comes all the way to the visible side makes me think it's been put on backwards. Hence my question about whether he's tried riding it.

Looks like a different hub from the stickers...

Different branding. 99% that's out of the same factory though (awaits tester's confirmation....)

Normally I agree, but the Miche Primato is slightly different to those hubs from the same factory (French lockring thread).

edit - yup, reckon it's the wrong way round, though there are some freewheel that doesn't have any notches apart from the hole to removed it.