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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: MartyC on April 30, 2007, 07:32 PM
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What is the smallest freewheel you can get for a regular old school bmx hub not a flipflop type?
cheers
Marty :daumenhoch:
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13 i think mate.
mines not a flip flop and thats what i run.
oddersey i think it was.
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13 i think mate.
mines not a flip flop and thats what i run.
oddersey i think it was.
Cheers Dordy, could you have a check for me as I can only find the micro side flipflop in 13t, ideally I want a 14 or 15 tooth to fit a regular screw on hub :daumenhoch:
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I don't think you can go down to 13 on a regular hub, if you could I'd be all over one because none of my wheels are cassettes or flipflops. And because I bought a 36-tooth sprocket last year thinking I'd sort something out later down the line. It's a bit dusty these days...
ACS make a 15, I think that's as low as it goes. Alans have or have had them, but I was warned off buying one by a guy at Rom (name forgotten, rode Skyway new-school Graphites). Said they weren't very good.
Even Alans said they're better suited to smoother riders, which makes me think they're probably unreliable.
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15 with acs , but its rubbish
maybe new school has developed something , but 16 is all i can think of as going to fit
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I asked this a while back and was reliably informed that 16 was as low as it goes.
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when your saying flip flop hub.
you mean threads both sides dont you.
heres mine.threaded one side and running a 13 tooth oddy freewheel.
(http://)(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v229/dordymush/PIC_0020.jpg)
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Dave - I'm probably wrong, but I'm pretty sure that you'll find the thread on that hub is the small size like on the 'other' side of a filp-flop hub. They're compatible with 14t & 13t freewheels and the 'regular' size threads ar compatible with 15t upwards.
I couldn't comment on if the 15t ones are any good, I've never used one :-X
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proberly right there phil.
im more used to just a 16 tooth lol.
might be worth him trying to source one of these hubs if he want to go to a 13.
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TBH I didn't realise you could buy hubs with just the '14t thread' in a non-flip-flop style :LolLolLolLol:
I'm just looking now to see if I can find any, wouldn't mind a set myself :daumenhoch:
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16 tooth is the lowest you can go with a regular size hub. even a 15 tooth needs the smaller thread. dave that dk hub is definitely the mini thread hub (the small size of a flip flop hub). There was some talk in ride a few years ago about a company called AC that made 14 tooth and 15 tooth that fit onto the normal size hub and used a euro bb extraction tool to fit it. I believe custum riders where selling them
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AC Racing 888 Freewheel 15t fits the larger thread
http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/?action=detail&prodID=22844
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AC Racing 888 Freewheel 15t fits the larger thread
http://www.jejamescycles.co.uk/?action=detail&prodID=22844
Good stuff fellas and thanks, I think the ACS will be OK as it's to go on a mini that my 6yo boy is getting soon, I'll be very impressed if he can break one :LolLolLolLol:
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Thats if anybody`s got one in stock Marty, when I tried to get one a while back no one had any in stock because every one that had been sold had been returned broken :(
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Winstanleys shows they can order then in 2-5 days - ::) :2funny:
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I have an AC Racing 888 15tooth freewheel for standard hubs, it's not broken but I can't say that I liked it either. I no longer use it.
I am the person that Wayne.Rider mentioned in his post earlier.'
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As previously stated; ACS is the one, but I was told in no uncertain terms thst it wasn't strong at all. Should be fine for a nipper though :)
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I have an AC Racing 888 15tooth freewheel for standard hubs, it's not broken but I can't say that I liked it either. I no longer use it.
I am the person that Wayne.Rider mentioned in his post earlier.'
In that case thanks for what was obviously a solid tip.
See you at Rom sometime.
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I have an AC Racing 888 15tooth freewheel for standard hubs, it's not broken but I can't say that I liked it either. I no longer use it.
I am the person that Wayne.Rider mentioned in his post earlier.'
Meddle
Do you want to sell it?
Can't find anyone whose got one in stock - Winstanley's is like the Comedy store :LolLolLolLol:
Cheers
Marty
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Marty, I can take it to Rom if you want it?