skinny paul Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Any one use a freewheel on the back?If you do could you put up some pictures cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Any one use a freewheel on the back?Pretty much every BMX does this and the Koxx Acidrop is an example of a trials bike with this setup (Though the geometry on my Acidrop is more street then trials)... No reason it can't be done. Using the freewheel on the front allows smaller cogs to be used, improving BB clearance and potentially moving the centre of gravity of the bike forward, which makes front freewheel worthwhile on a trials bike but not essential by any means... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) Pretty much every BMX does this and the Koxx Acidrop is an example of a trials bike with this setup (Though the geometry on my Acidrop is more street then trials)... No reason it can't be done. Using the freewheel on the front allows smaller cogs to be used, improving BB clearance and potentially moving the centre of gravity of the bike forward, which makes front freewheel worthwhile on a trials bike but not essential by any means...Re-read the post dude! He asked for those who use a rear freewheel to post a picture of it! He didn't want a life long biblical story telling him that it can be done -.- as his post plainly states that he knows that its possible.Go get your self a cup of coffee and wake up Have a nice day edit: Skinny use better punctuation haha! Edited January 13, 2009 by Anton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam-Griffin Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) blah Edited January 13, 2009 by ™Adam-Griffin™ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) Doubt youll find any top spec bikes with them on so you wont be able to get pictures from one of them, may be a 24inch bike may be. Otherwise its a case of going on tarty and looking at cheapish bikes on there or any other site as it these bikes where they are used Re-read the post dude! He asked for those who use a rear freewheel to post a picture of it! He didn't want a life long biblical story telling him that it can be done -.- as his post plainly states that he knows that its possible.Go get your self a cup of coffee and wake up Have a nice day chill your bean dudehes only helping and stateing why it would be better to use one on the front, for all he knows the lad doesn't have a scooby doo. And if he does then big deal he can just say. Edited January 13, 2009 by basher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 rear freewheel is used quite often; for example a mate of mine used one on a t-poo hub on his control mod-stock, worked okay; although the lock-ring comes loose occasionallyhowever; due to the fact that FFW are designed for the front; the lock-ring is threaded the opposite way, and thus would make it come loose if used on the back of a bike, same with a RFW used on the front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) Freewheels are the same whether they're used on the front or the back - the lockring unscrews clockwise away from the hub/crank it's been screwed onto on all of them I've seen (Necessary to stop thread precession from unscrewing them in use). The ENO freewheels a huge number of people (Including me) find excellent on the front of our trials bikes were designed to go on the back of BMXes. Edited January 13, 2009 by psycholist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Re-read the post dude! He asked for those who use a rear freewheel to post a picture of it! He didn't want a life long biblical story telling him that it can be done -.- as his post plainly states that he knows that its possible.Go get your self a cup of coffee and wake up Have a nice day edit: Skinny use better punctuation haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstein Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 I use a rear freewheel on my modstock, but I CBA to get pics sorry. Why do you need pictures anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny paul Posted January 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 I use a rear freewheel on my modstock, but I CBA to get pics sorry. Why do you need pictures anyway.I want to use a freewheel on the back so i can use a trialech hub, but i want to keep my middleburns so just wanted to see how they looked on a nice spec'd bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstein Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 I want to use a freewheel on the back so i can use a trialech hub, but i want to keep my middleburns so just wanted to see how they looked on a nice spec'd bike.They look fine, what bike you got. Middleburns and a rear freewheel suit my bike anyway. check out this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny paul Posted January 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 They look fine, what bike you got. Middleburns and a rear freewheel suit my bike anyway. check out this!I have an echo 08 frame just getting the parts i need to put it together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigamac Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 FFW are designed for the front;What does the FFW mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny paul Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 What does the FFW mean?Front freewheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 is used a tensile on the rear of my stock with burns on the front, looked totally normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny paul Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 is used a tensile on the rear of my stock with burns on the front, looked totally normal.What gear ratio was you using???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Pretty much every BMX does.You reckon? Seeing as the smallest freewheel you can get is 13T and anybody who's anybody runs a maximum of 11T on the back these days I'd say the majority of BMXers run cassette hubs of one sort or another. And yeah, main reason against running an ENO on the rear is because you'd need to run a 22T ring on the cranks which is pretty big by todays standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Very true ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 What gear ratio was you using????22/18, what im still running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekes Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I like a 22t in front, it puts less stress on the chain and I dislike to be face raped by the pavement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo_awp Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 I think to take fw on the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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