onza1 Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi there Basically I hear that the hubs on a phase are shit so I am looking at building up a new rear wheel with a onza pro diamond rim so that it's light!! But I can't afford a pro 2 hub so was thinking of buying a fixed hub and freewheel but most freewheels could unscrew on the back I think so what decent freewheels are out there tht can be run on a Hub also how easy would it be to fit a freewheel to my cranks? All help appreciated cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet x alan Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Back in the day I ran an ACS claw on a dmr revolver hub using 22/16 ratio. They don't unscrew as you pedal and the freewheel never seemed to skip on the back. This would probably be the cheaper option. More expensive option would be to run front freewheel, white industries or similar (heard people saying the echo SL is a decent one aswell but I've never used one so can't really comment on that). Probably still marginally cheaper than going down the pro2 route. Running a freewheel up front seems to give better pick up on the engagement. But I think a freehub on the rear would be a bit more reliable with a deeper, wider ratchet and larger pawls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Reynolds Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi there Basically I hear that the hubs on a phase are shit so I am looking at building up a new rear wheel with a onza pro diamond rim so that it's light!! But I can't afford a pro 2 hub so was thinking of buying a fixed hub and freewheel but most freewheels could unscrew on the back I think so what decent freewheels are out there tht can be run on a Hub also how easy would it be to fit a freewheel to my cranks? All help appreciated cheers What he's referring to is the lockring, rather than the whole freewheel itself. Ive experienced this with a tensile freewheel twice, but if you use locktight on the threads, it's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planet x alan Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 What he's referring to is the lockring, rather than the whole freewheel itself. Ive experienced this with a tensile freewheel twice, but if you use locktight on the threads, it's fine. Yeh ofcourse... On freewheels like the tensile and such that you would normally run on the front the lock ring is on the opposite side as they are designed to be run as ffw set ups, whereas bmx freewheels aren't, hence why running an ACS claw on the front (like a lot of budget trials bikes used to) the lockring came off, whereas if fitted on the rear you'd experience no problems at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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