Single Speed Help

[Saracen Kid]

i've heard about make a single speed kit from 2 cassetes them splitting them and choosing a cog and so on and so on but how do you split a cassette?

[huge]

On the back of the largest cog you should see 3 pins or small screws. If your cassette has three pins then file the tops carefully until the pin slides through the other cogs and out of the other side (smallest cog end) . If your cassette has 3 small screws-most shimano cassetes-use a small allen key to remove them and then the cassete should fall apart leaving you with cogs and spacers

[Rupertbear]

there is three pins holding the cassete togethor grid the tops of these pins and it will fall apart, bobs your uncle you have a single speed kit.

[Saracen Kid]

have you guys done this / seen someone do it

[Rupertbear]

yeah my jump bike was like it for months

[dan the trials man]

have you guys done this / seen someone do it

Yes my zoo has it and it rides smooth, mine came like it when i bought it second hand it has just the one cog and then spacers to fill in the gaps .

[gundam]

Its very easy to do and works well, my bike has been like it for ages.

If the cassette is held together with pins the easiest method is just to drill the heads off them, this way you will hardly touch the cog

[paolo]

I'd personally buy a large base cog because the cogs from a cassette can chew up your freehub body because they are made to spread the force across the hole cassette. Anyways, the guys on top got it right.

[stug45]

u also need spacers so that the cog you choose from the cassette doesnt move from side to side. most spacer kits including this one: LINK come with a cog anyway