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caloso 04-12-07 10:52 AM

3mm per tooth, according to Sheldon. I have relatively short dropouts so I think I'm limited to a one-tooth difference. (I wonder how expensive it would be to have those long Campy 1010 or trackends welded in there?)

jeac 04-12-07 10:58 AM

same size. but i never ride the freewheel. i only have it for real long rides, like down the shore. which only happens once a year

oktokrewl 04-12-07 11:15 AM

I made my chain fit my bigger cog first, so that my axle sits as close to the front of my dropouts as possible, and when I switch to my smaller cog its around the middle of my dropouts...

Cynikal 04-12-07 11:20 AM


Originally Posted by caloso
3mm per tooth, according to Sheldon. I have relatively short dropouts so I think I'm limited to a one-tooth difference. (I wonder how expensive it would be to have those long Campy 1010 or trackends welded in there?)

Rex quoted me almost $200 to swap out dropouts. Don't go there, he hates doing that kind of work, thus the price. Talk to Whit at Chef. He just completed the UBI framebuilding course and is starting to build frames.

stevo 04-12-07 01:15 PM


Originally Posted by morbot
it seems to me like people in this thread are confused, if it's a fixed/free hub, you don't need a freewheel, if you put a fixed cog on the free side of a hub, it is a freewheel, and doesn't need a lockring since it's never going to have any forces that would unthread it.

I hope youre joking? yes?

nightfly 04-12-07 03:40 PM

So for people who ride fixed/free, do you have two brakes for when you are freewheeling? Or do you just rely on a front brake or just go crazy fred flintstone style with nothing? I've never had a freewheel on any of my fixed gears but it seems like it might be fun occasionally.

Cynikal 04-12-07 04:00 PM

I don't ever use a freewheel on my fix because its brakeless, but I have several of other single speed bikes.

streetlightpoet 04-13-07 05:10 AM

that's the only reason I never run the freewheel side on my bike, I'm not comfortable at all relying entirely on the front brake to stop.

morbot 04-13-07 11:47 AM

ok so i apparently didnt know what i was talking about.

roadfix 04-13-07 11:54 AM


Originally Posted by morbot
ok so i apparently didnt know what i was talking about.

that's ok.....

roadfix 04-13-07 11:58 AM

My thinking is this, as far as freewheeling is concerned.... Mind as well ride a standard geared bike. :D


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