ENO flip/flop combos
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ENO flip/flop combos
What kind of flip/flop combos are you ENO singlespeed riders using? Do you have one cog for your uphills and then turn the wheel around to use a totally different sized cog for downhills? How much of a variance in cog size can the ENO hub tension? I hadn't put much thought into it and yesterday went out with a 17 fixed/16 free/36 chainring. I was fine going up the logging road, but going down I was really wishing I had a smaller free to bomb down the hill. Spin city. It got me wondering if the ENO hub could tension something like a 17/13 combo. Other than that is was a BLAST to have my Fat Chance back on knobbies!!
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adding/subtracting a tooth adds/subtracts 1/8" (4mm) of chain. a 3 tooth difference would be a 1.5" change. the eno can adjust 15mm.
if you do the math, you can do it but then again, math sometimes doesnt equal real world. If you have chain stretch and such. I'd say you need to have very little slack with the hub in the forward most position with the larger cog and then have it in the furthest position with the smaller cog.
I really want to get the eno hub too. I converted my MTB to single (with a surly singleator) but want to go fixed now.
if you do the math, you can do it but then again, math sometimes doesnt equal real world. If you have chain stretch and such. I'd say you need to have very little slack with the hub in the forward most position with the larger cog and then have it in the furthest position with the smaller cog.
I really want to get the eno hub too. I converted my MTB to single (with a surly singleator) but want to go fixed now.
#5
I would guess the ENO eccentric hub will handle at least 2-teeth, since the ENO Dos-speed freewheel comes in 16-18 or 17-19 combos.
Kinda spendy and whiteind.com doesn't have much technical info about it, but that might give you an idea of what the ENO eccentric hub has for adjustment.
Kinda spendy and whiteind.com doesn't have much technical info about it, but that might give you an idea of what the ENO eccentric hub has for adjustment.
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I'm running one tooth difference (19 fixed/18 free), and I have relatively long horizontal dropouts, and I still wouldn't want to go more than 2 teeth, for fear of losing tension. There's also a limit to how far forward in a horizontal dropout I am willing seat a hub, so YMMV.
#7
Originally Posted by SirrusPackage
I'm running one tooth difference (19 fixed/18 free), and I have relatively long horizontal dropouts, and I still wouldn't want to go more than 2 teeth, for fear of losing tension. There's also a limit to how far forward in a horizontal dropout I am willing seat a hub, so YMMV.






