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[Andeee]

Hey guys after 6 months of running gears im thinking its time to go singlespeed on my echo pure 06.5.

i have a pro2 trial hub and i was wondering can you use one of the cogs off the cassette as a singlespeed cog if the cassette is stripped.

Then can i still use a sram chain and a tiagra mech or will i have to change.

Thanks

A very concerned andy

[Tomm]

You can do all those things. But it's not advisable.

Single cassette sprockets are ok but they have shifting ramps and other bits you don't need need, plus the teeth aren't as deep as on single speed sprockets - to allow for shifting. But it will certainly work as a temporary measure. But I'd definitely get a Shimano DX sprocket (Or a King Kog if you're feeling rich) at some point. The shimano ones are pretty cheap.

As for the chains - again you can use the SRAM one but it's not going to be that strong. Gears or no gears, you should get a stronger chain. You can still use the Tiagra mech no probs - even with a KMC kool chain (wide) it still fits fine

[T.McMillan]

The cassette sprockets are very narrow and can dig themselves into the body of the hub rachet thing with the splines, which can abit of a bugger to get off, although I used this type of cog for a good 9 months until I went to smaller gear ratio, so I went for a Surly singlespeed cog which you can find here on TartyBikes Surly singlespeed cog, if you dont fancy that one here is the list for the rest of the cogs, splined cog list most of the singlespeed cogs on TartyBikes have a wider base than the casette cog so they won't dig into hub rachet thing.

[Tomm]

I don't really like the idea of spending £20 on a Surly cog when you can get a Shimano one for £4 which is basically the same. The 'digging in' thing is over-rated. It just makes it harder to swap sprockets about, but it's not like you do that every day so it's not a problem.

[T.McMillan]

I don't really like the idea of spending £20 on a Surly cog when you can get a Shimano one for £4 which is basically the same. The 'digging in' thing is over-rated. It just makes it harder to swap sprockets about, but it's not like you do that every day so it's not a problem.

yeah i suppose it isnt that bad just used a hammer to get my cog off(me contridicting myself) :$

have you got a link for one of those shimano ones?

[Tomm]

Nope, I don't know where to buy one online but I'm sure you can find somewhere (I'm not going to look for you ).

These look the same/similar though: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=17778

THIS looks good, but only goes up to 15t

[Bionic Balls]

The 'digging in' thing is over-rated

you should see steve's hub! he's gone all the way through..

really would advise a wide base cog! i have a gusset i think..

[Rebelistic]

I've found the digging in to be a bit of a pain with my pro 2.

I've just swapped from a standard gear from a cassette to a wide base sort. When I tried to put the hope metal spacers back on the hub I found that the 'digging in' had caused the splines to be a bit rough and so it was quite hard to get the spacers over them.

I'd advise a wide base type sprocket.

[duggyd]

I've found the digging in to be a bit of a pain with my pro 2.

I've just swapped from a standard gear from a cassette to a wide base sort. When I tried to put the hope metal spacers back on the hub I found that the 'digging in' had caused the splines to be a bit rough and so it was quite hard to get the spacers over them.

I'd advise a wide base type sprocket.

yeah same here, the guy who i bought the hub from had used a cassteet sprocket as a singlespeed,a nd the base had dug way into the splines. Made it really hard to get the spacers off. i will have to persevere as my new frame has a different chailnline to the old one.

So, yeah, go for the single speed ones. I bought a Gusset one form tarty for £4, looks cheap, but does the job fine, and if you get the wrong gear ratio, it's only £4! lol The base is wider than standard, but not as wide as the way more expensive ones.