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Old 06-20-15 | 12:32 PM
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Is it possibal to create a double peddal powered bike on a fixie. What i mean is a flipflop wheel and then 2 exact chain rings on both sides of the crank give me ur thoughts.
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Why? You do know the right and left sides are connected in the bottom bracket, right?
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I don't think it would work but what are you trying to accomplish?

The issue is the machining for the freewheel/fixed gear hub. I guess you could use a tandem crossover crankset and get a hub that was machined fixed/fixed and put a fixed gear cog and lock ring on each side but the left side would be threaded backwards so you'd be relying on the lock ring to hold it in place.
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Is it possibal to create a double peddal powered bike on a fixie. What i mean is a flipflop wheel and then 2 exact chain rings on both sides of the crank give me ur thoughts.
All that would achieve is halving the load on each chain. Power in = power out (less losses to friction), no matter how you get from in to out.
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Old 06-20-15 | 12:45 PM
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Most left side axles aren't long enough for a crankarm.
Someone has probably done it as a novelty, with some creative kludging.
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All that would achieve is halving the load on each chain. Power in = power out (less losses to friction), no matter how you get from in to out.
But it would have the benefit of extra weight
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Yes, someone posted about on another singlespeed forum. It may have been a freewheel set up, but it was a double ring, one on each side. They used a tandem crank if i remember correctly. It was done because... reasons
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Yes, someone posted about on another singlespeed forum. It may have been a freewheel set up, but it was a double ring, one on each side. They used a tandem crank if i remember correctly. It was done because... reasons
Probably just for the fun of it.
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I've seen track sprint bikes with a double drive setup, but the left chain simply looped over.
Extra strength right at start, then the chain would disengage to save weight.
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Additional expense with additional maintenance for minimal (if any) gain. What's not to like?
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Old 06-21-15 | 06:52 AM
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Additional expense with additional maintenance for minimal (if any) gain. What's not to like?
They didn't need to develop any new standards to go with it?
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Tandems have something like doubled pedal power, depending on the stoker's Output..
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