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Rob Glatfelter 11-10-09 08:42 PM

13t freewheel?
 
That isn't some weird BMX threading, does it exist? Can you point me towards it?
14t would be close enough as well.
Again, the polo bike. Trying to avoid the clown music on my way to the court.

Rob Glatfelter 11-10-09 09:00 PM

Any hope of help finding one?
I can only seem to find BMX ones.

Soil_Sampler 11-11-09 12:55 AM

15T AC Racing 888 is the smallest 1.37X24 freewheel

JiveTurkey 11-11-09 01:44 AM


Originally Posted by Rob Glatfelter (Post 10017970)
Trying to avoid the clown music on my way to the court.

What?

bionnaki 11-11-09 02:17 AM

your language, that you've asked? some may find it odd and are they right?
people read and look.
again, the freewheel. I have no idea about threading 13t freewheel threading.

any hope others peoples will read and know and be right?

mihlbach 11-11-09 05:04 AM

13t, 14t, and 15t freewheels exist, but they are metric threaded. You need to build a wheel with a BMX (race, not freestyle) flip flop hub and space the axle out (and possibly replace the axle) to accomodate your frame. Cheap BMX hubs are readily available.

Or, if you want a really interesting wheel project, build a wheel with a BMX cassette disc hub. Use a bolt-on cog on the fixed side and standard freehub cogs on the freewheel side, which go down to 11t.

Scrodzilla 11-11-09 06:16 AM

Odyssey 11t freewheel:

http://www.enemite-bmx.co.uk/imgs/medium/FWOD4980.jpg

Soil_Sampler 11-11-09 06:23 AM

ocho
 
8 tooth...

https://www.jrbicycles.com/storefron...t%20driver.jpg

Scrodzilla 11-11-09 06:44 AM

Whoa!

Soil_Sampler 11-11-09 07:04 AM

driver
 

Originally Posted by Scrodzilla (Post 10019237)
Whoa!

it is not really a freewheel, it's a driver.

mihlbach 11-11-09 08:07 AM


Originally Posted by Soil_Sampler (Post 10019193)

You could, of course, build a 700C wheel with a BMX mini driver hub, but I don't see the point, unless you are doing some sort of trick riding and need a tiny chainring for clearance.

Soil_Sampler 11-11-09 08:16 AM

point,what point?
 

Originally Posted by mihlbach (Post 10019465)
but I don't see the point

no point. posted the smallest driver that I could find.

why so serious?

wearyourtruth 11-11-09 08:22 AM


Originally Posted by Soil_Sampler (Post 10018929)
15T AC Racing 888 is the smallest 1.37X24 freewheel

ding ding ding.

you know, a larger chainring fixes the same problem as a smaller freewheel...

Rob Glatfelter 11-11-09 11:19 AM


Originally Posted by wearyourtruth (Post 10019527)
ding ding ding.

you know, a larger chainring fixes the same problem as a smaller freewheel...

The answer about the AC 15t is what I was really looking for.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SeCS_oHDOh...+Black+web.jpg
Only comes in 35t.
Larger chainrings have been destroyed quite handily, so I'm getting one of these finally.
I don't feel like messing with BMX hubs and all that so a 15t will do fine, I just wanted as small as possible on the flip side since riding to the courts for polo on 35-22 is just silly, and the higher gearing I can get, the more likely I am to use the bike for more than just polo.

Now if I can just find somewhere that carries that freewheel and isn't out of stock...
Thanks for the help.

CaptainCool 11-11-09 01:06 PM


Originally Posted by Soil_Sampler (Post 10018929)
15T AC Racing 888 is the smallest 1.37X24 freewheel

out of stock, out of production. Though I think this is the company so you could try emailing them: http://adventurecomponents.com/

(large-size 15T mentioned on this page: http://adventurecomponents.com/freewheels.htm )

superpants 11-11-09 01:55 PM

about 3-4 months ago harris cyclery had some in and i was able to get one then. they are out now but maybe keep checking their site.

Rob Glatfelter 11-11-09 02:37 PM

Alright, so, now I'm kind of intrigued by the whole BMX hub idea...
So if I were to get, for example, this hub, could I then put this freewheel on the large side, and this one on the small?
And then I'd just have to get it spaced out to 120, right?

Or would I have to find a BMX thread freewheel for the large side as well?

helicomatic 11-11-09 02:58 PM

You could probably make that work, but the problem you'll run into with any of these options is chain length. The difference between a 13T and a 22T in back with that 35T up front will be 2" of chain. If you can slam your wheel all the way forward with the 22T, and have more than an inch of space to slide it back for the 13T, it'll work.

I don't know when we're getting more of the AC 15T freewheels in, but I'll post it to the blog if they show up.

Sixty Fiver 11-11-09 03:02 PM

When you drop below 13 teeth your efficiency drops off and cog wear increases dramatically... it is always better to run a larger chain ring unless you need some ridiculous clearance.

Those who ride geared bikes know how quickly the 11 tooth cog wears out on most cassettes.

Rob Glatfelter 11-11-09 03:08 PM


Originally Posted by helicomatic (Post 10021921)
You could probably make that work, but the problem you'll run into with any of these options is chain length. The difference between a 13T and a 22T in back with that 35T up front will be 2" of chain. If you can slam your wheel all the way forward with the 22T, and have more than an inch of space to slide it back for the 13T, it'll work.

I don't know when we're getting more of the AC 15T freewheels in, but I'll post it to the blog if they show up.

Most people replying don't seem to actually be reading this, you however, are spot on, so thank you.
The bike I'll be putting this on has extended drops, but I'm not kidding myself about them being extended enough, 13 to 22 is a pretty big jump, I was planning on carrying 2 chains from the get-go, though from what you said, that MIGHT not actually be necessary, sweet.
I think I might go ahead and build a rear wheel with a BMX hub then, would make this a perfect setup and would only have to worry about space for one bike then. Fantastic.

mihlbach 11-11-09 03:13 PM


Originally Posted by Rob Glatfelter (Post 10021791)
Alright, so, now I'm kind of intrigued by the whole BMX hub idea...
So if I were to get, for example, this hub, could I then put this freewheel on the large side, and this one on the small?
And then I'd just have to get it spaced out to 120, right?

That is correct. I have done it, not exactly with that hub, but a flip flop BMX hub, running a metric 15t ACS (not AC) freewheel on the small side and normal English threaded freewheels (16,17,18,20) on the other side. The hub is on my offroad SS, and I use the bigger freewheels for offroad and flip it over to the 15t when I end up riding that bike on the road or on a very easy trail. However, as helicomatic noted above, 22t-13t is a huge difference, and I'm not sure you can do it without also changing chains or removing/adding links. But you could very easily run more closely spaced pair of metric and english freewheels with a BMX flipflop, provided the axle was properly spaced.

Soil_Sampler 11-11-09 03:18 PM

http://store03.prostores.com/servlet...eewheel/Detail

jtgotsjets 11-11-09 03:22 PM


Originally Posted by Rob Glatfelter (Post 10022000)
Most people replying don't seem to actually be reading this, you however, are spot on, so thank you.
The bike I'll be putting this on has extended drops, but I'm not kidding myself about them being extended enough, 13 to 22 is a pretty big jump, I was planning on carrying 2 chains from the get-go, though from what you said, that MIGHT not actually be necessary, sweet.
I think I might go ahead and build a rear wheel with a BMX hub then, would make this a perfect setup and would only have to worry about space for one bike then. Fantastic.

put two master links in your chain.


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