Rusevelt Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Has anyone tested them yet? apparently you can adjust the pick-up to one of 3 positions. at the moment this hub is considered for street/park use with its 11t driver, though it might interest riders whom prefer to do more rolling up and down urban stuff. Too early to call on weather or not this hub will eventually make it to the trials scene. time will tell. cant find a pic to post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boon racoon Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 (edited) Im just about to update the Halo site with it on offering full wheel builds - hereIt has potential, but the biggest driver you can get is 12t so i'm not quite sure how you'd run a trials gear Wouldn't a freecoaster be a bit whack for preloading in backhops too? I don't know. Edited April 7, 2007 by the boon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusevelt Posted April 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 (edited) Well until khe send out some hubs for riders to test, well never know how good/bad the hub is. Freecoaster technology has come a long way to this point. its already being tested on the bmx street scene and with todays bmx street being so technical, the hub pick up in bmx is just as important as trials. well just have to watch this space! Edited April 7, 2007 by Rusevelt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djb Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 I've been so tempted with one of these recently, especially given the issues of fakie tricks with a stupid super spinny trials gear. The main thing holding me back is, as boon has said, the problem of getting a sensible trials gear and also the need for a new frame with 3/8" dropouts. I'm not sure how well they'd take the harsher engagement of trials riding either.Someone give one a try please, I need to know how well they perform! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 It has potential, but the biggest driver you can get is 12t so i'm not quite sure how you'd run a trials gear Get a 9T rear and 12T on the cranks? That would be a chain killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 You really, really, really wouldn't wanna run one for trials. I've got one on my BMX, and I'm currently running it with the most slack possibly just 'cos it means you get more room to play with when you're doing fakie stuff. As a result, you get about 1/8 of a pedal stroke or so of slack before it engages, so you'd have to preload like a *beast* to be able to kickhop it with any real power. The engagement's also pretty mushy feeling when you actually engage it because it's just a clutch being forced into the alu hubshell, so you don't get that instant click engagement you'd get on a hub.The drive-side hub bearing kinda sucks too, mine feels like 100% balls at the moment and has done from relatively early on in my hub's life, and the experience isn't one that only I've been blessed with. They're super fun, but not for trials use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 I've been so tempted with one of these recently, especially given the issues of fakie tricks with a stupid super spinny trials gear. The main thing holding me back is, as boon has said, the problem of getting a sensible trials gear and also the need for a new frame with 3/8" dropouts. I'm not sure how well they'd take the harsher engagement of trials riding either.Someone give one a try please, I need to know how well they perform!3/8" is basically 10mm, which is mtb size... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that NBR dude Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Might try one on my 24... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A!! Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 You really, really, really wouldn't wanna run one for trials. I've got one on my BMX, and I'm currently running it with the most slack possibly just 'cos it means you get more room to play with when you're doing fakie stuff. As a result, you get about 1/8 of a pedal stroke or so of slack before it engages, so you'd have to preload like a *beast* to be able to kickhop it with any real power. The engagement's also pretty mushy feeling when you actually engage it because it's just a clutch being forced into the alu hubshell, so you don't get that instant click engagement you'd get on a hub.The drive-side hub bearing kinda sucks too, mine feels like 100% balls at the moment and has done from relatively early on in my hub's life, and the experience isn't one that only I've been blessed with. They're super fun, but not for trials use.I also have one on my bmx, and i couldn't have put it any better. It really wouldn't feel right, especially with things like switching from fakie straight to a trick that involves a pedal kick, as your feet would fly round until it engages (usually resulting in smashing your knee on the stem), and then when it does finally engage you have no real power left. Plus like Mark said the engagement does feel a bit "mushy", but for bmx it doesn't really matter, as you set of at steady speeds, your not pedal kicking. The drive-side bearing in mine feels really raw as well like you said, and i haven't had mine long either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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