i so wish my formulas were fixed/fixed. the freewheel will NEVER be used, even when my GF rides them. my DA hub is just fixed on one side....thats fine with me.

who rides freewheel?

I ride free wheel? whats the big ****ing deal? I also ride fixed just not as often. As always its up to the person to make the choice if he/she likes fixed or freewheel. Im not like some of the sheep around these parts riding FG because its "the in thing" There are a lot of people that go FG and have been doing so for many years, those are the true FG riders not all you bull**** ****ing "hipster" types that do it because everyone else is ;) you're the **** head wannabes that ride around like your a ****ing messenger when in all reality your just some dick head spending daddys money while raiding the local thrift to look the part.....get a ****ing life you ****ing looser wannabes!

I rode the freewheel side for a while, but am now only on the fixed side. If I was a long and hilly ride from home at the end of a long day, I might flip back, but otherwise it's just easier to leave it fixed.

What used to be the frewheel side now has a fixed cog and bottom bracket lock ring on it. My fixed side stripped a week after I had the wheel built. No one told me to check the lockring after the first few rides.

suck a freewheel.

The funny thing is, you could probably put a freewheel on the fixed side now, as the lockring threads are stripped but the main threads are not. The freewheel doesn't need too many threads to stay on the hub body.

For the record, I only bike singlespeed. Tried FG and hated it.

I bought a low-gear freewheel to be able to commute while nursing an injury, but never used it after that. I removed it when I had to rebuild the wheel. Now it's hanging on my wall. Maybe I'll use it when I finally build my Monocog.

If I'm going to have a freewheel, I might as well just take my 27 speed Surly.

Both of my fixed gear bikes have fixed cogs on both sides. When I had a freewheel, I never, ever used it.

Here's my take on the matter. When you can't coast, you don't coast. And never coasting is far more efficient. With one fixed gear you must keep pedaling no matter how bad the headwind or steep the hill. Therefore, your legs manage to find the right pace to match the conditions.

But if you have only one gear and a freewheel, you will be tempted to pedal faster than you should, then back off for a rest. You can always tell a roadie who is in the wrong gear - they pedal, coast, pedal, coast and so on. Well, most of the time, on a fixed gear or singlespeed, you are in the wrong gear unless it's perfectly flat and the air is calm.

And when you are in the wrong gear, it's best not to have the option of coasting.

im converting a road bike with a flip-flop; single speed / fixed for my lil bro. he lives in manhatten and doesn't yet feel comfortable with the fixed concept for his daily commute. i have a feeling the freewheel will come off after his first few rides.

My '55 Lenton came with a double sided fixed hub with British threading on the lock ring which made running a freewheel easy (same threading) but in these parts, finding English lock rings (1.29 by 24 tpi) was and is a PITA... every shop here seems to carry Italian threaded lock rings which are 1.32 by 24 tpi.

I installed a freewheel and used it once instead of the fixed cog and hated it. I was also in the process of trying to find a good source for English lock rings and recalled that some older coaster hubs used a threaded rather than a splined cog and a reverse threaded lock ring and was quite sure they would have been English threaded for both.

When I went through the old hubs at the shop I found I was right on both counts... so I found my needed lock ring and also found a great, albeit limited source, for very decent vintage cogs for both my vintage fixed gear and for a few other conversions I have done.

If I was to build another wheel with a flip flop hub it would have to be able to run a fixed/fixed combination rather than a fixed/free setup as riding fixed has spoilt me for any ss riding on the road.

I do now that I have a fixed/fixed setup.

I have never used my freewheel. The only time I could see myself using it is if I get hurt, sick, or something like that and I couldn't pedal home.

and the way to your home happened to be on a constant decline?

You are clearly not one of the sheep that goes around flaunting their correct punctuation and trying to pose like an english professor or something. God I hate those hipsters!

+1 me either

next time I'll get the hub fixed/fixed

**** flipflop hubs, double fixed is the way to go.

never used the fixed side.

Ive used both and will flip back and forth....sometimes even during the middle of a ride I have stopped and switched from fixed to free or the other way.... I like both

If I ran a freewheel on my fixed gear bike I'm sure the instant it engaged I am going to think my chain exploded.

Happens every-time I switch bikes. No way I could do fixed / free, my brain couldn't comprehend it.

I like both side. I use the freewheel side almost exclusively though.

I've flipped my hub to the freewheel when I've been at the tail end of long riders (50+ miles) when I don't feel like grinding down hills at 10 mph.

It really is just a case of running what makes you happy and I can't see why something as simple as expressing one's preference for fixed or free can make so many people so pissy.

Apparently...some of us like freewheeling and some of us like fixed, some of us like changing between them, and some of us don't, and some people wish they could.

Most of all, just consider yourself lucky if you are out there riding whatever makes you happy.

Thank you teacher for pointing out my flaws! I will try much harder to be more like you in the future Oh wise one! You are truly wise beyond your years! So very wise indeed! :rolleyes: Teacher, I have used the EDIT button on my prior post for you my teacher! I truly hope it is up to your standards! (I am so excited!) If it is not up to your standards Oh wise one I will commit my shamefull ****ing soul to the deepest darkest pits of satans bowels! or Ill just stop talking like a ****ing Data/KungFu robot and tell you to go **** yourself ;)

Mt. Rose, right on! Tahoe is a great place to ride.