Mr Plod Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Ok guys bought a Zoo Pitbull 04 yesterday and gonna be building new wheels up. Bit confused about how to go about going single speed so heres the set up I would want...The rear hub is a Hope Pro II and as for the cranks I would like to get Echo Forged 6061 but I'm not sure what bb I'm running. At the moment I have Onza cranks on, the kind you would find on a Onza T-Vees or T-Birds. How can I tell what bb I'm running? Whether its ISIS or Square Taper? Also what sprockets should I get and what chain?A swift answer would be much appreciated as I would like to order up all the parts with Tarty today.Cheers for anyhelp guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Cable Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Take the cranks off, and see if its squared, or splined? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Right sprocket wise you'll more than likely want to splash out on a wide based one, something like a surly cog or, if you have more money than sense, a chris king one. If your on a budget gusset make wide based rear cogs as well as "on one" but at a cheaper price than both the surly and the king versions. You'll also need some spacers to fill up the area around your cog that would normally be surrounded by other cogs on your cassette, If you have some old cassettes lieing around you can undo them and take them out of that, similarly you can actually buy single speed kits but these are about £20 and come with a single speed cog, however these cogs have a thinner base so will more than likely dig into your freehub shell. I currently have plastic pipe from B&Q as my spacers, its cheap neat and can be cut to whatever size you need... its something like 87p per 2 metres or something silly like that.Any single speed chain will be fine, a KMC Kool K710 should do fine or a KHE collapse chain though the latter is slightly more weighty.Radical rider is correct about the cranks, take the arms off and have a look at the bb. If its got a square axle which i'm pretty sure it will have then you have a square taper bottom bracket, if its got lots of riges along it then its an ISIS bottom bracket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatsink Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 I currently have plastic pipe from B&Q as my spacers, its cheap neat and can be cut to whatever size you need... its something like 87p per 2 metres or something silly like that.I'll have to give that a go - Good idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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