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spuddy
22-06-2004, 06:17 PM
Can anyone recommend brands (and prices) for a decent rear hub for singlespeed urban/dirtjumping ? i.e. the ones with thread-on BMX freewheels, not converted cassettes :wink:

Rik
22-06-2004, 06:29 PM
DMR Revolver hub is serving me well, a strong cromo axle runs through sealed cartridge bearings. Around $150 I think they are.
Tuffneck do a cassette singlespeed hub with disc mount, 10mm boltup, for around $100 from memory.

Personally, I'd reccomend you go for a cassette system, cheaper and easier to play around with gear ratios.

spuddy
22-06-2004, 06:34 PM
Cool. By cassette singlespeed hub you mean a normal hub thats been spaced, like with the DMR SS kits, or does such a thing exits with a really really small cassette boss for one sprocket?

Rik
22-06-2004, 06:38 PM
The latter. A fairly narrow cassette spline, so you can still adjust your chainline by a few mm, but the flanges are usually spaced to give you equal spoke lengths.

Another option, if you have a spare Shimano hub, and like to tinker... http://www.farkin.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11138

spuddy
22-06-2004, 06:42 PM
Ah cool, i see them now. (http://www.google.com/search?q=cassette+singlespeed+hub&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&start=10&sa=N) Chris Kings seem to be popular... can anyone help me with a price?