flip flop wheel ?
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flip flop wheel ?
does this mean that one side is a free wheel and the other side is fixed?
So that you can flip between the two....
So that you can flip between the two....
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to enlarge a bit:
some flipflops are fixed/fixed. some are fixed/free.
fixed sides have two sets of threads, freewheel sides only one.
you can put a freewheel on the "fixed" side, but you can't (sanely) put a track cog on the freewheel side.
(in other words, you could equip a fixed/fixed hub with fixed/free, or even free/free if you wanted)
hope that helps--i just figured it out myself.
some flipflops are fixed/fixed. some are fixed/free.
fixed sides have two sets of threads, freewheel sides only one.
you can put a freewheel on the "fixed" side, but you can't (sanely) put a track cog on the freewheel side.
(in other words, you could equip a fixed/fixed hub with fixed/free, or even free/free if you wanted)
hope that helps--i just figured it out myself.
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To further expand on weed eaters comment. The inner set of threads on the fixed side is standard threading for the cog. The outer set is reverse threaded for the lockring which secures against the cog. This prevents your cog from spinning off while putting backpressure on the pedals.
The free side doesn't need two sets of threads because there is no back pressure to spin off the freewheel (thus negating the need for a lockring). You can put a track cog on a free side but there is no good way to affix a lockring so you end up doing some form of loctiting/jb weld or just hoping for the best that it doesn't spin off during backpressure.
Kaz
The free side doesn't need two sets of threads because there is no back pressure to spin off the freewheel (thus negating the need for a lockring). You can put a track cog on a free side but there is no good way to affix a lockring so you end up doing some form of loctiting/jb weld or just hoping for the best that it doesn't spin off during backpressure.
Kaz
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Originally Posted by weed eater
to enlarge a bit:
some flipflops are fixed/fixed. some are fixed/free.
some flipflops are fixed/fixed. some are fixed/free.
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Originally Posted by Kazer
To further expand on weed eaters comment. The inner set of threads on the fixed side is standard threading for the cog. The outer set is reverse threaded for the lockring which secures against the cog. This prevents your cog from spinning off while putting backpressure on the pedals.
The free side doesn't need two sets of threads because there is no back pressure to spin off the freewheel (thus negating the need for a lockring). You can put a track cog on a free side but there is no good way to affix a lockring so you end up doing some form of loctiting/jb weld or just hoping for the best that it doesn't spin off during backpressure.
Kaz
The free side doesn't need two sets of threads because there is no back pressure to spin off the freewheel (thus negating the need for a lockring). You can put a track cog on a free side but there is no good way to affix a lockring so you end up doing some form of loctiting/jb weld or just hoping for the best that it doesn't spin off during backpressure.
Kaz
Внутренний набор нитей на неподвижной стороне - стандартное пронизывание для винтика. Внешний набор обратный, пронизывал для, который обеспечивает против винтика. Это препятствует вашему винтику происходить, помещая противодавление в педали. Свободная сторона не нуждается в двух наборах нитей, потому что нет никакого обратного давления, чтобы произойти колесо свободного хода (таким образом отрицание потребности в). Вы можете поместить винтик следа в свободную сторону, но нет никакого хорошего способа прикрепить, таким образом Вы заканчиваете делать некоторых
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Originally Posted by filtersweep
To further expand on Kazer's commet:
Внутренний набор нитей на неподвижной стороне - стандартное пронизывание для винтика. Внешний набор обратный, пронизывал для, который обеспечивает против винтика. Это препятствует вашему винтику происходить, помещая противодавление в педали. Свободная сторона не нуждается в двух наборах нитей, потому что нет никакого обратного давления, чтобы произойти колесо свободного хода (таким образом отрицание потребности в). Вы можете поместить винтик следа в свободную сторону, но нет никакого хорошего способа прикрепить, таким образом Вы заканчиваете делать некоторых
Внутренний набор нитей на неподвижной стороне - стандартное пронизывание для винтика. Внешний набор обратный, пронизывал для, который обеспечивает против винтика. Это препятствует вашему винтику происходить, помещая противодавление в педали. Свободная сторона не нуждается в двух наборах нитей, потому что нет никакого обратного давления, чтобы произойти колесо свободного хода (таким образом отрицание потребности в). Вы можете поместить винтик следа в свободную сторону, но нет никакого хорошего способа прикрепить, таким образом Вы заканчиваете делать некоторых
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There is really no reason to buy a flip flop hub other than availability. fixed fixed is better because when you realize you don't want to ride single speed (you will), you can put a fixed cog on the other side. They are simply more versatile than flip flop hubs, plus if you strip the threads on one side, the wheel isn't doomed to single speed duty.
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Originally Posted by fixedpip
AFAIK flip/flop hubs are always fixed/free. Obviously as stated you can get double free and double fixed. But flip flop generally refers to a hub you can "flip flop" between fixed and free.
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Originally Posted by fixedpip
AFAIK flip/flop hubs are always fixed/free. Obviously as stated you can get double free and double fixed. But flip flop generally refers to a hub you can "flip flop" between fixed and free.