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Old 05-15-06, 11:06 AM
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Anyone using this hub?

As hosted by the fixed gear gallery:

Sram 3 speed hub converted to 2 speed fix'd (20mb pdf)

Would be great for the hills round here, anyone converted one of these?
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Old 05-15-06, 11:15 AM
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I dunno about those but I know a few people with converted sturmey archers. If I remember right, you can't skid on them.
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sheldon's got a diagram here:

https://sheldonbrown.com/awfixed.html

that's for sturmey archer. never tried it, but i think it's kind of complicated, and you sacrifice some performance
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Old 05-15-06, 11:29 AM
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According to the pdf, converting the AW is a huge hassle and doesn't work as well as a Sram conversion.
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You can convert bendix as well, some guy has one or two of them on FGG.
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no, but i think i will one of these days
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Originally Posted by highlyselassie
According to the pdf, converting the AW is a huge hassle and doesn't work as well as a Sram conversion.
i've never been lied to by a pdf before.
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i've never been lied to by a pdf before.
It hardly seems to be some great commercial venture. pdf's are known to be truthful to a fault.
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if you want 2 why not just get 10?
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Originally Posted by $0.00/Gal
if you want 2 why not just get 10?
because it's possible to make a fixed-gear 2 speed, but impossible to make a fixed-gear 10 speed (at least with the amounts of money anybody's willing to spend on the problem)...
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