Freewheel or Freecoaster • Which do you ride with?
02-03-03, 10:24 AM
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freewheel.
I ride ramps, street, dirt and flat and I don't really have the need for a freecoaster. I don't like the slack that comes w/ them.
If I rode just flat or mini ramps I would go w/ one but I still pedal around alot and like using a freewheel.
until recently you couldn't really get a decent freecoaster. I have an old suntour one on one of my bikes but I never ride it because it's crap.
I ride ramps, street, dirt and flat and I don't really have the need for a freecoaster. I don't like the slack that comes w/ them.
If I rode just flat or mini ramps I would go w/ one but I still pedal around alot and like using a freewheel.
until recently you couldn't really get a decent freecoaster. I have an old suntour one on one of my bikes but I never ride it because it's crap.
02-03-03, 01:04 PM
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Yeah, they've come a long way with the slack issue too. I have an odyssey hazard and it has virtually no slack at all. Every once in a while I need to take it apart and tighten everything up, but its only like once a year or so.
02-03-03, 09:33 PM
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Originally posted by Flatland Freak
Yeah, they've come a long way with the slack issue too. I have an odyssey hazard and it has virtually no slack at all. Every once in a while I need to take it apart and tighten everything up, but its only like once a year or so.
Yeah, they've come a long way with the slack issue too. I have an odyssey hazard and it has virtually no slack at all. Every once in a while I need to take it apart and tighten everything up, but its only like once a year or so.
Expensive! $499.00 CND
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02-04-03, 10:31 AM
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Originally posted by Flatland Noobie
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Expensive! $499.00 CND
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Expensive! $499.00 CND
That's for both rims and hubs, I just bought the rear hub and had it laced to my existing rim. The freecoaster itself is only about $150 US...and lacing was $40
02-04-03, 09:37 PM
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See, thats what I'm thinking of doing also.
I'm just still trying to figure out if its really nessesary to have a freecoaster at this time.
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I'm just still trying to figure out if its really nessesary to have a freecoaster at this time.
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02-05-03, 10:02 PM
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A freecoaster is never absolutely needed...its just a "luxury" if you will, to have one because it makes things a little bit easier when doing tricks that require you to roll backwards...i rode for 2 years without one,and learned to compensate for it just fine. So its not a need, its just a Nice To Have. 
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I'm riding a specially modified Odyssey hazard freecoaster, the mod stops any slipping that a lot of people have had.
I used to ride a suntour freecoaster and a suntour coaster before that, freewheels have popped up once in a while too, but its been mostly freecoasters/coasters.
I used to ride a suntour freecoaster and a suntour coaster before that, freewheels have popped up once in a while too, but its been mostly freecoasters/coasters.
02-10-03, 07:17 AM
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Originally posted by God save the Queen
specially modified Odyssey hazard freecoaster
specially modified Odyssey hazard freecoaster
How exactly have you modified it?
02-10-03, 12:06 PM
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Alright, i just got word from the manufacturer that my bike weighs "27.5 lbs" .
What's a good weight for a flatland bike?
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What's a good weight for a flatland bike?
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02-10-03, 04:14 PM
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Thats actually pretty light. my last bike I had weighed 48.7 pounds!! It was a TANK!! Im not sure how much my bike weighs now, but its probably around the same as yours. That should be a fine weight for flat.
02-10-03, 07:23 PM
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LMFAO!
Well I guess its the cars that should have been worried about hitting you rather then the other way around!
GO TANK GO!
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Well I guess its the cars that should have been worried about hitting you rather then the other way around!
GO TANK GO!
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02-12-03, 04:44 AM
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On the early odyssey freecoasters there was a hole drilled through the axle and threaded, I've put a bolt through it and ground it down so its fits snugly and doesnt interfere with the mech, what it does is stop the springs moving out of postion and acts as a spring tensioner. This cuts down on slack and it has not slipped since it was put in 8 mounths ago.
I was testing another mod from a bike shop that does something similar but doesn't need a hole in the axle, its being refined so watch this space.
I was testing another mod from a bike shop that does something similar but doesn't need a hole in the axle, its being refined so watch this space.
