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davke
10-18-2004, 05:42 AM
can you say me some reviews?
netto
10-18-2004, 05:56 AM
its not the best quality but it works
my single speed cog seems to be digging into the body tho....
AgrAde
10-18-2004, 11:41 PM
every hub sold in new zealand was broken pretty damn quick. overpriced, weak metal, horrible manufacture.

shimano hub with a piece of wire wrapped around the cassette/spokes to lock it > echo hub

this is the fixed hub you're talking about, right?
davke
10-19-2004, 09:09 AM
je, it is fixed hub. can you explaine what it is?
RomanR
10-19-2004, 09:12 AM
It is a hub, that does not have a freewheel with a ratcheting mechanism, so it's fixed. It can't move, you need to use a front freewheel with them. Zip tie your cassette to the spokes, that's what a fixed hub would be.
davke
10-19-2004, 10:11 AM
and the chain moves together with the hub then you move forward?
davke
10-19-2004, 10:14 AM
and how i can zip cassette to the spokes?
Matt
10-19-2004, 11:14 AM
Roman didn't mean for you to literally zip tie your cassette to the spokes, he meant that if you did, that is what a fixed hub would be like. If you have a fixed hub and no front freewheel, spinning your cranks backwards will drive the bike in reverse, the cassette is not free to spin like on a normal hub.
davke
10-19-2004, 01:55 PM
i see, but i have a very bad hub, in my country i can't to buy it, so i want to upgrade it somehow. this echo hub is aviable in Poland, so i gess wan't to buy it
felix
10-20-2004, 03:26 AM
If you want to run front freewheel, you could also fix your hub instead of buying an overpriced Echo hub.

Just weld it and you have a fixed rear hub.
RomanR
10-20-2004, 08:03 AM
If you want to run front freewheel, you could also fix your hub instead of buying an overpriced Echo hub.

Just weld it and you have a fixed rear hub.
Listen to Felix. Fixing your hub, or getting a cheap one such as an Alivio, Deore, whatever, is a MUCH better option than buying any of the "fancy" fixed hubs. Good call Felix :).
davke
10-20-2004, 10:41 AM
no, the front freewhell isn't aviavble too. i need to make everything by jour self, the hub too, my frame is made by me too - everything
felix
10-20-2004, 10:52 AM
davke, where do you come from?
davke
10-21-2004, 02:15 AM
i am from Lithuania (Vilnius) - this country sux, i hate it... there are about 15 seriuos riders in Vilnius, so we must to do by your self (bike stuff)