Flip-flop question
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
Bikes: I built the Bianchi track bike back up today.
With a flip flop, you could coast on one side, so concievably someone could want the same ratio. I think most people use a larger freewheel, because if they get to the point in the ride that they need to coast, then the easier gearing is a plus.
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
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That would be a fix/fix not a flip/flop. Semantics and terminology. Kind of like brakes/breaks. Both seem the same here...
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Bikes: 84 Pinarello, Trek Liquid 30, Torker CX 24, Gromada Track
unless you have horizontal track drop outs, chain length maybe an issue for you. If you cut your chain for 15t cog and it fits just perfectly it maybe too short on the freewheel side if you run a 16t.
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From: Don't call it Beantown
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does anyone actually flip their wheel? i just have those extra threads on the freewheel side hanging out, doing nothing. I might actually flip the wheel around just to see what it's like, but then I'd have to take off my lockring and cog, and put brakes on... so it's probably never going to get done unless I get snowed in and go insane.
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
Bikes: I built the Bianchi track bike back up today.
Depends on the difference. It's why horizontal long dropouts are recommended.





