get your FACTS straight first... what he was asking about was the MOTOR for that does the shifting NOT the hub... you built ONE bike hardly means your an expert. Maybe when you hold pattents on something YOU designed from scratch and sold a few thousand of them
WTH is alfine mu-s705b di2 8-speed motor unit???
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get your FACTS straight first... what he was asking about was the MOTOR for that does the shifting NOT the hub... you built ONE bike hardly means your an expert. Maybe when you hold pattents on something YOU designed from scratch and sold a few thousand of them
Sidewinder Jerry
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First of all you don't know me or what I've built. You don't know what I've researched either. I don't need pattents on anything to figure out a way to make something work. Nor do I need to smelt down the iron ore turn it into steel then pour it into a mold. My talent lies in taking what is available to me and combining it a way to make it work. There are many builders on here who build the exact same way. Example: take a White Industries Trails freewheel and change it from a single gear to a multi gear freewheel. I'll be doing a tread soon on how to do this.
All I was trying to do was direct the OP to somebody who would know whether or not they should invest in this product. When we're opened minded things are discovered. When you're narrow minded things always stay the same. Just because somebody else's way is different doesn't make their way wrong. This is a place we should be trying to learn not talking trash to one another. So in the future if you don't have anything good to say to me then don't say anything at all and I won't say anything to you either.
and again what does your bike have to do with what he asked about??
multi speed freewheel to singlespeed conversion.. ... already been done MANY times nothing new here!!
http://sheldonbrown.com/singlespeed.html
Conventional Freewheel-type Hubs
The cheapest way to convert a multi-speed bicycle into a singlespeed is to use the original rear hub, assuming that it is made for a conventional threaded freewheel. A single BMX freewheel will thread right on. Unfortunately, the chainline is likely to only work with your granny gear unless you re-space the rear axle and re-dish the wheel.
Cassette Hubs
It is easy to convert a Shimano cassette Freehub ® for singlespeed use. The simplest way is just to remove the derailers, shorten the chain and thread it onto the chainwheel and rear sprocket of your choice. This is less than ideal, however, because you've got the extra weight of the unused sprockets to deal with, and the chainline will probably be crooked. The sprockets used on multi-speed cassettes are designed for easy shifting, which is not a good thing on a bike that isn't supposed to shift!
The better way to convert a cassette Freehub ® is to remove the 7-, 8- or 9-speed cassette and replace it with a single sprocket. You will also need a bunch of spacer washers to hold the single sprocket in place. You can often get a suitable number of spacers by taking apart a couple of discarded, worn-out cassettes.
Having a single sprocket sandwiched in a stack of spacers makes it easy to get the sprocket properly aligned for perfect chainline with whichever chainwheel you choose to use in front.
You can use one of the old sprockets from your taken-apart cassette, but it you are less likely to have accidental derailment if you use sprockets made for single-gear use. The best choice for this is to use BMX cassette sprockets. These sprockets are quite inexpensive, and are available in a range of sizes. They have taller teeth than sprockets designed for derailer use.
http://www.pinkbike.com/forum/listcomments/?threadid=144750
http://www.instructables.com/id/Single-Speed-on-the-Cheap/
http://forums.mtbr.com/singlespeed/homemade-ss-freewheels-step-step-photo-guide-373319.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOOxSaDDV5I
http://singlespeedcomponents.co.uk/advice.html
multi speed freewheel to singlespeed conversion.. ... already been done MANY times nothing new here!!
http://sheldonbrown.com/singlespeed.html
Conventional Freewheel-type Hubs
The cheapest way to convert a multi-speed bicycle into a singlespeed is to use the original rear hub, assuming that it is made for a conventional threaded freewheel. A single BMX freewheel will thread right on. Unfortunately, the chainline is likely to only work with your granny gear unless you re-space the rear axle and re-dish the wheel.
Cassette Hubs
It is easy to convert a Shimano cassette Freehub ® for singlespeed use. The simplest way is just to remove the derailers, shorten the chain and thread it onto the chainwheel and rear sprocket of your choice. This is less than ideal, however, because you've got the extra weight of the unused sprockets to deal with, and the chainline will probably be crooked. The sprockets used on multi-speed cassettes are designed for easy shifting, which is not a good thing on a bike that isn't supposed to shift!
The better way to convert a cassette Freehub ® is to remove the 7-, 8- or 9-speed cassette and replace it with a single sprocket. You will also need a bunch of spacer washers to hold the single sprocket in place. You can often get a suitable number of spacers by taking apart a couple of discarded, worn-out cassettes.
Having a single sprocket sandwiched in a stack of spacers makes it easy to get the sprocket properly aligned for perfect chainline with whichever chainwheel you choose to use in front.
You can use one of the old sprockets from your taken-apart cassette, but it you are less likely to have accidental derailment if you use sprockets made for single-gear use. The best choice for this is to use BMX cassette sprockets. These sprockets are quite inexpensive, and are available in a range of sizes. They have taller teeth than sprockets designed for derailer use.
http://www.pinkbike.com/forum/listcomments/?threadid=144750
http://www.instructables.com/id/Single-Speed-on-the-Cheap/
http://forums.mtbr.com/singlespeed/homemade-ss-freewheels-step-step-photo-guide-373319.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOOxSaDDV5I
http://singlespeedcomponents.co.uk/advice.html
Sidewinder Jerry
Well-Known Member
I wasn't talking about converting a multi speed freewheel to a single speed. Just the opposite, converting a super strong single speed freewheel to a multi speed one. Open your mind look for ways thing can connect instead of the ways they don't. Then a whole new world will open up to you. Lose the anger and replace it with a desire to learn.
I did electrical work for 30 years and still learned new things from green helpers. If you have some problem with me then PM me. Ibedayank stop starting petty fights on these post. Like I said if you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all.
I did electrical work for 30 years and still learned new things from green helpers. If you have some problem with me then PM me. Ibedayank stop starting petty fights on these post. Like I said if you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all.
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