I have my itch again to build a leftside drive (chainring, chain, etc all on left side) cruiser with a fixed hub. Anyone ever do this before? Gonna use a 83' Huffy frame for this at first.
Thread direction might pose a problem in reliability and safety, Dont forget the loktite! I had one years ago that was LHD, but I've slept since then. Doh!yoothgeye said:I'm curious about 2 things, 1 is reason and the other is technical. When I was into sport compact cars and guys would be doing right hand drive conversions on their USDM cars I always wondered why. I mean I get that you are trying to mimic a Japanese car, but it's not practical at all in a country where all the other cars are left hand drive, think about drive-thrus and passing! And I asked, none of them delivered mail. So I know it's different, is that why you wanna do it? I'm no knocking it, because I have a LHD BMX bike, it's supposed to be so that when you do a peg grind you don't mess up your drivetrain, but I'm not grinding, haha.
Secondly I was going to ask about what type of hub you would use, but duh, a flip flop or track hub with the lock ring can operate easily on the left side, I'm done. haha
I'm gonna have to agree with on the unthreading problem.snydur said:i know some BMX bikes are left hand because they are right sided grinders. there are flip flopped hubs and reversed cranks, so if you convert to a three piece and a free wheel i know it is possible, the problem you will encounter is the left side of the frame doesnt have an indentation to make room for the sprocket. could always flip everything around with a smaller sprocket and take the brake arm off, and so long as you ride very slowly, maybe get 50 feet before something un threads
:lol:kingfish254 said:You shouldn't have any issues at all if you make sure to always pedal backwards.
kngtmat said:Sorry if it sounds weird, really stupid or just plain over stupidly thinking :lol: .
How about not having to flip flop a flip flop hub?
It might be too complicated and expensive but both sides have a chain that you just use a special bottom bracket that can shift off & on from one sides sprocket to the other that way you can switch sides by using a shifter but this will be used if you have more than 1 speed free wheels on the normal right side.
Is there a free wheel/fixed gear hub that is not a flop flop?
The single speed free wheel hub that has a switch/shifter to lock the free wheel in place to make it fixed geared.
ozzmonaut said:They sell left hand drive single-speed freewheels for the flip flop hubs. If you lace the hub into a cruiser rim you should be fine. Most old cruisers (my 37 colson is a good example) have the same frame design on the left and right. If I mounted my crank/sprocket backwards I'd have no problem with frame clearance. I'd say it's absolutely do-able. And since you're thinking of fixed gear, I'd just tack weld the rear cog to the hub shell. You'll have to remove the guts from the brake arm side if you need to clean/regrease the guts ever. Also you might never have access to the inner drive side bearing again. And if you weld, do small bits at a time so you don't overheat the bearing or grease.
roadmaster said:And there it is!... i'm finna weld it up good to make sure that cog don't move.
So my plan was: 1. Thread a track cog onto a cheap steel 26" rim from a mountain bike and weld it fully. I am a powerfull rider
and I have a few friends who live to weld and can weld just about anyhting from steel, stainless and alloys
and aluminum.
2. Run the cranks in backwards and I think i'm gonna have to chaulk up the chainguard. :lol:
3. Add a hand brake up front because this would not only be my first "fixie" build, but also the first fixed
gear bike I have ever riden. What I lack in experience I will make up in comphrehension of theory, so the
brake is probably a wise add on.
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