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VeloSolo is a British company headquartered just a few miles from central London. They’re dyed in the wool cyclists with a particular penchant for fixed and singlespeed bikes. All of their VeloSolo branded products are manufactured in the UK, including CNC-machined threaded and bolt-on fixed gear cogs, chainrings, handlebars and a variety of nuts, bolts, washers and spacers for the purpose of converting geared bikes to singlespeeds. They also distribute a number of products from other manufacturers including Nitto, MKS, Sugino and more.
VeloSolo’s spacers are CNC machined from solid 6082 aluminum alloy and anodized. The set of seven includes one each of 7.5mm, 6.5mm and 5.5mm spacers, plus two 4.5mm and two 2.5mm spacers. Suffice it to say, you should be able to dial your chainline with little to no problems. If you’re obsessive-compulsive about your chainline, they also offer 1mm spacers sold separately.
The set VeloSolo sent in are the special “rasta” edition with red, gold and green spacers. They’re also available in red, blue, black or gold. In each set, the 7.5mm spacer is etched with the VeloSolo logo.
An anodized set sells for £12.95 ($23 in the US) plus shipping and a non-anodized set retails for £10.95.
Visit www.velosolo.co.uk for more info. (US customers can order direct from Ben’s Cycle.)
from experience, I don’t put anything between my hub body and cog/freewheel unless it is threaded or splined. I’ve had 1mm – 2.5mm spacers turn to mush under force.
Hmm… I’ll accept that different people will have different experiences, but I’ve been running converted singlespeeds for more than 8 years now and never had a splined or threaded spacer. And I’ve never had a problem, even with plastic spacers cobbled out of old cassettes.
One thing I have experienced is thin steel cogs boring all the way through soft aluminum cassette bodies. I’m a big fan of wide-base singlespeed conversion cogs like Surly and Misfit (among others) sell.
I’ve got spacers and a narrow cog on my SS–sounds like I’d better check out the freehub!
1.25″ abs pipes work fine too. Super cheap. Miter boxes will help you cut it straight.