Nickkkkk Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 I have a 20 inch echo team and ive bought a 26 inch 24 seven trials frame and forks ive put the crank which is a front freewheel on to my new bike and the headset and brake. usually though freewheels on 26 inch bikes are ran at the back is there a disadvantage of running one at the front. ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob dmr Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 I have a 20 inch echo team and ive bought a 26 inch 24 seven trials frame and forks ive put the crank which is a front freewheel on to my new bike and the headset and brake. usually though freewheels on 26 inch bikes are ran at the back is there a disadvantage of running one at the front. tyIs it the danny holroyd? I have one it's a right sod. Only this morning i bust the free wheel for the second time in two month's think it's because, it has horizontal drop outs, which means you have to have the chain quite tight, which puts a lot of pressure on the bearings in the driver, and if you have the 24seven hub like i do the bearings are really thin. As i was pushing it home i thought about running a free wheel on the front. I think their much tougher than the rear free wheel i have at the moment, but I think I'd have to buy a new back wheel as well. Oh and I think your much more likely to get your jeans dragged in to a front freewheel.Just out of interest what length stem are you going to run? I can't make my mind up if mine is long enough, its a 90mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Owen. Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Why does horizontal drop outs mean you have to run your chain tighter? Iv got a mod with horizontals and my chain is well slack! Yeah a ffw will be fine on a 26", i know quite a few people who run one up front, as far as i know they dont have problems! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Is it the danny holroyd? I have one it's a right sod. Only this morning i bust the free wheel for the second time in two month's think it's because, it has horizontal drop outs, which means you have to have the chain quite tight, which puts a lot of pressure on the bearings in the driver, and if you have the 24seven hub like i do the bearings are really thin. As i was pushing it home i thought about running a free wheel on the front. I think their much tougher than the rear free wheel i have at the moment, but I think I'd have to buy a new back wheel as well. Oh and I think your much more likely to get your jeans dragged in to a front freewheel.Just out of interest what length stem are you going to run? I can't make my mind up if mine is long enough, its a 90mm.The chain only imparts a TINY amount of pressure on the bearings compared to your legs.And if you have a stock, it will have a bashring, which prevents you trousers entering your freewheel.Do it, my mate has an Eno on the front, it feels fine and he is running a bodged derraileur (sp?) as a tensioner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted February 4, 2008 Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Im running a front freewheel on my pitbull....really great until you catch your jeans that is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickkkkk Posted February 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 Is it the danny holroyd? I have one it's a right sod. Only this morning i bust the free wheel for the second time in two month's think it's because, it has horizontal drop outs, which means you have to have the chain quite tight, which puts a lot of pressure on the bearings in the driver, and if you have the 24seven hub like i do the bearings are really thin. As i was pushing it home i thought about running a free wheel on the front. I think their much tougher than the rear free wheel i have at the moment, but I think I'd have to buy a new back wheel as well. Oh and I think your much more likely to get your jeans dragged in to a front freewheel.Just out of interest what length stem are you going to run? I can't make my mind up if mine is long enough, its a 90mm.thanks for the info guys and im using a 170mm length with a 35° rise stem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickkkkk Posted February 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 thanks for the info guys and im using a 170mm length with a 35° rise stemive know been told that nearly all the parts on my echo team would not go correctly on the new 24 seven i have. so im sellin my echo team whole and buying parts for my new bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 And if you have a stock, it will have a bashring, which prevents you trousers entering your freewheel.Someones been telling you lies!I always get eaten by mine if im not tucked in.Go ffw, its alot easier, just use a mech as a tensioner, cable tie the body to the chainstay and it'll be reet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuie Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 (edited) Someones been telling you lies!I always get eaten by mine if im not tucked in.Go ffw, its alot easier, just use a mech as a tensioner, cable tie the body to the chainstay and it'll be reet.well i have a holroyd frame myself and you can't run a mech on there as there are no place's to put a mech hanger.i have a profile on the rear and just run chain tentioners and its fine, just dont run the chain over tight and you get silly tight spots...there nice bikes to ride but very heavy, good fun and i love it.x Edited February 12, 2008 by stuie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Anscombe Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Well said stue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoze Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 BanterSorry dude, didnt realise you had horizontal dropouts! i should read the thread more carefully :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuie Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Sorry dude, didnt realise you had horizontal dropouts! i should read the thread more carefully :$its cool dude no problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid creole Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 you can run a mech on them , my mate did he got chain tugs with a mech hanger attached. he had a profile on hes to but it broke and the people at profile said the hub cant take the forces of a 26" wheel.i would go front freewheel with that frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 (edited) Try slamming your wheel all the way into the dropouts and running a 74 kings tensioner. That should solve ALOT of problems.[edit]I run a Eno FFW on a 135mm stock with a 74kings by the way and it's fine. Edited February 12, 2008 by eskimo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 my move to front freewheel was the best thing i ever did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeymoped Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 i use a front freewheelo on my 26, and went through 2 acs freewheels in 2 months.... but now i got a tensile freewheel and its the best thing since sliced bread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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