Front Or Rear Freewheel

[squeaky]

i was just wondering y some people say that a front freewheel is better than a rear 1 can anyone help me and tell me if a front is better than a rear and y thnx

[mairomaster]

If you ride stock when you use rear FW you have about 20% more e.p. than front. For mod you have about 50% more. But with rear FW you feel the rear wheel heavier. And it's easier to hit it I think.

[Token]

If you run a rear freewheel on a Mod, you'll generally have to run a larger ring at the cranks to get the correct gear ratio, say you had a 18tooth freewheel an you ran it on the rear, you'd need 27tooth ring on the front to get the gear ratio of 1.5, an a larger 30tooth ring is not desired because of clearance over objects. You can use a rear freewheel on a Stock no problem because of the ground clearance difference and because of the difference in wheel size, stocks run a lower gear ratio to mods.

[Alex@Flawless Bikes]

The only real difference is the there arn't many rear free hubs that will fit on a mod so most people run front freewheels. Also when you run a rear freewheel your chains will last longer as it isn't always spinning when you are moving long, which is nice.

[spartan]

yeah with a ffw you can run tighter ratios and smaller chainrings. It makes you have more bb clearance for rideups and stuff.

Though it does put more pressure on the chain your should be replacing your chain atleast, ATLEAST!! once a year.

I think that front freewheels are better for dedicated trials frames, but i find that with more streety bikes the chain line gets really freaky.

[steve@banbury-trials]

front freewheels are generally easyier to change if thy go wrong and they are generraly cheaper to run.

steve

[Neil]

Rear fixed hubs are cheaper than freehubs so you are more likely to be able to afford a spare wheel with a front freewheel.

[vinny.p]

Another shit thing with front freewheels (i run one) when your flying down a hill and your jeans get sucked in, i once had to ring my mate to bring some scissors with him to cut my pants off because i was halfway to his house lying in the middle of the pavement, ill try and find a pic LOL!

[Ben H!]

if i was you i would go for tensile freewheel front and echo 12t rear sprocket