Originally Posted by Roll-Monroe-Co
BTW, on the cassette, the cogs are not fixed as you might expect. Instead, in addition to the freewheeling at the BB, each cog freewheels independently of all other cogs. This is usually somewhat difficult to do with your fingers, due to the fact that they are normally encrusted with years of grime.
Then I'm really confused about how this system works. If both the front and the rear are freewheeled, then how are you able to shift while coasting? The drivetrain will stop moving just like on a normal bike. And the rear cogs are independently freewheeled from each other? What does this accomplish besides being heavy and needlessly complicated?