Crank Freewheels

[Ryan Blackwell]

Hi there.

This may sound a silly question but whats the difference between having a freewheel on your crank or a freewheel on your hub.

Cheers for any help .

Edited December 24, 2006 by baseboy

[joewhite]

umm on the rear you have to run a chainring on your cranks (anything between 22t and 24t) and on the front you run a rear chainring (12t) also i think im right in saying a rear freewheel would last longer than a front as there's less stress on the freewheel, but some frames wont allow a rear free to be used (zona's, zoo!s. i think montys and frames like that will allow the use of rear free) as the chainline causes the chain to rub away at the frame.

I believe a rear free would increase the ep's? might be wrong but its that or they feel stronger.

[ogre]

but some frames wont allow a rear free to be used (zona's, zoo!

my mate ran 22/24 - 18/16 on his python without any rubbing problems. Rear freewheel will give a faster engagement than front because your moving the chain faster (because of the larger chainring) whereas on ffw your pedaling straight into the engagement (if that makes sence ) and it takes alot of stress off of your freewheel .

[CJtrials]

The only reason I run a front 18 tooth freewheel and a 12 tooth rear sprocket is to make the gear harder.. Cheers CJ..

[Guest]

The only reason I run a front 18 tooth freewheel and a 12 tooth rear sprocket is to make the gear harder.. Cheers CJ..

Harder than what?

Everyone I know that ride's mod uses 18-12.

The differance to me between a FF set-up and a freehub set-up is about £50 or so, maybe even more, onzaboymark totted up the prices once and FF was considerably cheaper for comparable performance.