sstein Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 I have started riding my old trials bike as a brakeless street bike as I prefer the size to theat of my bmx. I have found with fast 180 (and the occasional three tap attempt) the freewheel tends to skip and at high speed that can hurt a lot. What I want to know is what freewheel is the most reliable? I am running a try-all 108.9 at the moment. I am not too worried about the amount of engagements but I would like it to have more than 24 as I still do trialsy stuff, however it needs to take a beating and preferably be cheap.I can't run a pro 2 as I am running modstock and I don't want a profile, so freewheel only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Czar Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Thats probably why it skips all the time, Try-all's are terrible, go for a Tensile, Monty or Eno depending on your budget, they're all good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cai Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Tensile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmackay Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Try-All's always skip.I have one, two of my mates have them and they skip loads. If you are willing to spend the amount of money get an ENO. However Tensiles are cheap and don't skip too much either. They also have 60 EP which is plenty for streety stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 White Industries ENO without question, though the latest Echo SL and TR freewheels maybe worth a try. Adam, has already seen these puppies up close and was pretty impressed with the design of the internals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike-dyson Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 My vote is tensile, although i got mine free for doing work experiance at my local bike shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickdonboy Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Thats probably why it skips all the time, Try-all's are terrible, go for a Tensile, Monty or Eno depending on your budget, they're all good i wouldnt say eno or monty are that good. i agree tensile are good, but monty... my mate has one. skips atleast every 20 kicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Tensile, I got 2 years and 4 months out of mine and it was still perfect when I sold it on my old bike!Top Tip: If you get one, take it apart straight away and clean all the grease out and run it with oil in there, otherwise it will skip when "bedding in". (In my experience freewheels don't need to bed in, just like a chains as long as you set it up right the first time it's sorted). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale-Hill Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 i wouldnt say eno or monty are that good. i agree tensile are good, but monty... my mate has one. skips atleast every 20 kicks.Mine has been fine only ever skiped riding to places, never in a move, and only ever skiped 2-3 times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstein Posted June 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Don't worry, not that important anymore as I just snapped my frame with a fast fakie. (Don't ask how, don't know) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James 24/7 trials Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Hi ive got the same problem, ive got a tensile and it skipped, untill it exploded the other day. And now it wont come off the crank arm so im stuck with a broken, mashed up freewheel. I had a look inside and it was destroyed. My mates one did the same, he re-sharpened his and it now doing it again. Also i know other peopl which have had problems with tensiles. I wound not recommend one. Im maybe going to get an echo sl freewheel and so how that lasts.James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 (edited) Hi ive got the same problem, ive got a tensile and it skipped, untill it exploded the other day. And now it wont come off the crank arm so im stuck with a broken, mashed up freewheel. I had a look inside and it was destroyed. My mates one did the same, he re-sharpened his and it now doing it again. Also i know other peopl which have had problems with tensiles. I wound not recommend one. Im maybe going to get an echo sl freewheel and so how that lasts.Jamesevery freewheel is hard to get off, because they screw on, everytime you kick it screws on harder and harder thats nothign to do with being a tensile Edited June 6, 2009 by basher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Williams! Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 eno! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstein Posted June 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 As I said it is no longer a problem as it was my 24/7 frame snapping that I heard not a bad freewheel skip. As for getting a mashed freewheel off, just stick it in a vice, clamp it up really tight and turn the crank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Rick what bike/frame have you got now ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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