Question for the Flip-Floppers
04-12-07 | 10:52 AM
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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?)
04-12-07 | 11:15 AM
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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...
04-12-07 | 11:20 AM
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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?)
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04-12-07 | 01:15 PM
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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.
04-12-07 | 03:40 PM
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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.
04-12-07 | 04:00 PM
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I don't ever use a freewheel on my fix because its brakeless, but I have several of other single speed bikes.
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04-13-07 | 05:10 AM
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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.
