One sided wheels?????

TrailRat said:

How do you convert a standard 26" wheel so that it can be fitted on

one

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side?

It's best to start with wheels that have sealed cartridge bearings.
It's a simple job to replace the axle with a bolt of the correct size.
You may find that you can get bearings in the right size to replace the
cone bearings once the bearing cup is removed. It may be worth trying
your local dump for some wheelchair wheels, as these are designed for 1
sided support.

The accepted size of axle for trailers seems to be 1/2" harened steel
and I have used tese on my big trailer, which has carried up to 1/4
ton! You may find it is simpler to design a trailer where the axles
have outboard support as well.
My trailer webpage: http://trailers.xntrick.co.uk

Wobbly John

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TrailRat said:

How do you convert a standard 26" wheel so that it can be fitted on

one

Quoted message said:

side?

It's best to start with wheels that have sealed cartridge bearings.
It's a simple job to replace the axle with a bolt of the correct size.
You may find that you can get bearings in the right size to replace the
cone bearings once the bearing cup is removed. It may be worth trying
your local dump for some wheelchair wheels, as these are designed for 1
sided support.

The accepted size of axle for trailers seems to be 1/2" harened steel
and I have used tese on my big trailer, which has carried up to 1/4
ton! You may find it is simpler to design a trailer where the axles
have outboard support as well.
My trailer webpage: http://trailers.xntrick.co.uk

Respect!

TrailRat said:

How do you convert a standard 26" wheel so that it can be fitted on one
side. What I mean by that is, if I buy an off the shelf cheap wheel
with axles that can be fitted to a fork, how do i go about converting
it so that I fit it on a trailer. I think they call it cantilevering
???? Is it possible to do without dissambling the wheel? I don't mind
disassmbling the hub but the wheel is another story.

if you have to ask, you don't 😉

26" is an extremely large lever on an axle, and most sealed bearing
hubs will only take a 12mm axle. I noticed the inclusion of cheap in
the question, which means you're better of investigating 20"
trailerwheels. Or build a ladderframe and keep supporting the wheels on
both sides

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Marten Gerritsen

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www.m-gineering.nl

Cheap wasn't put in as an expense option. Just to illustrate a point.
The trailer won't be used on the bike it will be more of a handcart
thing that will be used to shift stuff to and from the allotment. The
reason why I posted here was I thought I could pick a few cyclist
brains. I may end up salvaging components off the dump and it may not
be bike wheels I salavge either, i.e the afore mentioned wheelchair
wheels. But I thought I'd try this route as my mountain bike is sitting
next to me and the height where the handles would come would suited to
the larger 26" fat mountain bike tyre.

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TrailRat (') said:

How do you convert a standard 26" wheel so that it can be fitted on
one side. What I mean by that is, if I buy an off the shelf cheap
wheel with axles that can be fitted to a fork, how do i go about
converting it so that I fit it on a trailer. I think they call it
cantilevering ???? Is it possible to do without dissambling the wheel?
I don't mind disassmbling the hub but the wheel is another story.

Conventional bike hubs are not designed to be supported on one side only
and the axles aren't very thick, so may bend. Downhill mountain bikes
use thicker front axles, these might be a thing to look at (but
possibly quite expensive). Equally, the Cannondale Lefty hub is
specifically designed to be supported on one side only and has a very
fancy stub axle - but that _would_ get expensive.

Best solution would be to talk to tricycle people - the front hubs used
on tadpole trikes would do what you want. Mind you, they're probably
expensive too.

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[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

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Simon Brooke said:

Conventional bike hubs are not designed to be supported on one side only
and the axles aren't very thick, so may bend. Downhill mountain bikes
use thicker front axles, these might be a thing to look at (but
possibly quite expensive). Equally, the Cannondale Lefty hub is
specifically designed to be supported on one side only and has a very
fancy stub axle - but that _would_ get expensive.

How does the Burrows monostay work?