SamKidney Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 hey, im going to be making the move to stock after riding mod for 2 years. Would like some advice, eg, what to buy, best parts, riding tips and techniques. Have ridden stocks before and am used to the feel, but i know that my style will have to change. All help welcomed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onza1 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 What is your price range? As for for riding style at first it won't matter you'll get on and think this feels weird half hour late you'll be doing everything normal, have you got a bike in mind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 im getting an 06 Gu Typhoon 26 frame for £30 of a mate. After that il be taking my crankset, stem (im running a low stock stem atm), bars and chain off my mod. So will be a case of wheelset, forks. and brakes. Im sorted other wise. Its that or i could be swapping my mod for a complete Adamant A1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onza1 Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Sweet man I was gonna recommend a good stock for £300 but it seems like your sorted go for it fella and make sure you don't run gears on it as there a b*****d to sort out afterwards Good luck geez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 haha, nah single speed all the way. Running ffw so single speed is the only option, and the only one i would choose. Really looking forward to getting one. Cheers man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onza1 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Well I didnt get what a freewheel was until today when my grandad explained (he's not that old) but we couldn't work out what a front one would actually do, also lie I say im having a pain taking the gears of my phase could I just run a rear freewheel instead of a single speed kit ? Or would I have to have both or would it be better using one of these front freewheels? It's all very confusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 single speed kit for you mate. Remove the cassete, deraileur and shifters. Put on spacers and sproket as instructed, shorten chain, tensioner on, win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Alty Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 (edited) You would be able to run a freewheel if you had a threaded hub, but not if you have a splined hub, which is most likely the case if your running a casset, however the advantages of running a front freewheel is that you can get the gear ratios better, as its quite hard to make a 16T sprocket for a stock, and really hard to make a 12T freewheel for a mod, so its easier to run the freewheel up front and a sprocket at the back. Also it bring the center of mass closer to the middle of the bike, as opposed to the rear. Most cranks for trials have threads to fit a freewheel not anyway so its the more common thing to do. Edited January 4, 2011 by Jon Alty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sstein Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 You would be able to run a freewheel if you had a threaded hub, but not if you have a splined hub, which is most likely the case if your running a casset, however the advantages of running a front freewheel is that you can get the gear ratios better, as its quite hard to make a 16T sprocket for a stock, and really hard to make a 12T freewheel for a mod, so its easier to run the freewheel up front and a sprocket at the back. Also it bring the center of mass closer to the middle of the bike, as opposed to the rear. Most cranks for trials have threads to fit a freewheel not anyway so its the more common thing to do. It is in no way hard to make a 16t sprocket for a stock or for that matter a 16t freewheel, besides the standard gearing is 22:18 or 18:15. As for a 12t freewheel for a mod, yes it is almost impossible to make a decent 12t freewheel but if you use a driver there is no problem at all in fact they go all the way down to 8t. The idea is not to make the ratios better but to allow you to have more clearance, this used to be more important when the technology in bikes was not so advanced already. These days the benefits are said to be a more even weight distribution and faster pickup (because of the ratio difference each engagement up front should be faster than each at the rear, though i fail to see either of these things actually making any difference). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onza1 Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Could I set this single speed kit up on my own without special tools and how would I shorten the chain ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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