I'm not sure what you mean by "normal width gears" but I ran flip-flop hubs for many years with 3/32" chains (usually SRAM 8spd ones) and the chainlines on each side of the hub were always close enough. Honestly, I was never precise about measuring rear chainline. I just tried to get my chainring as close to 42mm as possible, that being the nominal chainline for the "standard" flip-flop hubs I was using (Formula, Phil, Surly). I do remember that Paul hubs used a non-standard chainline, something like 44mm?
Unless you're doing a build that completely uses track components (in which case you'd be less likely to be using a flip-flop hub with freewheel), I feel like 3/32" is the way to go for real-world single cog setups. Many more options for crank/chainring choices, easier/cheaper to find high-quality chains, more tolerant of slight chainline error, etc On Sunday, February 25, 2018 at 7:13:56 AM UTC-8, ted wrote: > > > I would like some advice please. > > From experience I've found that a 1/8" track ring/cog/chain drive train > can be particular about chain line. > I've noticed that the chainline for the fixed and free sides of the Paul > high flange hub are different. > So now I'm wondering, is that typical for fixed-free hubs? > Does the thinner cog on a single speed fw afford enough slop that one can > set up the fixed side precisely with 1/8" stuff and the fw flip side will > be fine? > Should I stick with normal width gears if I'm going to use a fixed-free > hub on a one speed? > > thanks for any help > > ted > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
