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Title: pedal backwards
Post by: japple28 on March 25, 2008, 09:53 PM

Hi iv got a mag 20 burner and a puch old skool , but i was thinking back to when i was a kid in the mid 80's and i had a Piranha and i could pedal backwards , what crank do I need to buy so i can do this on my puch or mag 20 ?
thanks
james :)

Title: Re: pedal backwards
Post by: adeshere on March 25, 2008, 10:26 PM

Pedal backwards ? 

do you mean when stationary you can rotate the pedals backwards or do you mean like a unicycle if you pedal backwards the wheel moves backwards

Title: Re: pedal backwards
Post by: adeshere on March 25, 2008, 10:44 PM

I'm sure Woody Itson (hutch) had a switchable freewheel that would allow you to lock the freewheel so you could ride the bike like a unicycle.

Bit like the freecoaster adapter you can get

Title: Re: pedal backwards
Post by: japple28 on March 26, 2008, 11:31 AM

Ya thats what i mean , how do i get my bike to do that? , it would be gr8.
thanks
james

Title: Re: pedal backwards
Post by: adeshere on March 27, 2008, 10:40 PM

I dont think they were that popular when they were launched, so will be mega rare

Title: Re: pedal backwards
Post by: moley on March 28, 2008, 08:22 AM

The freecoaster is for coaster brakes.

Your turn it on so when you pedal backwards it engages the coaster brake or you unscrew two screws so that the brake doesn't engage.  It means when you roll backwards you don't have to pedal backwards as with a normal freewheel.

I think he is talking about a fixed gear.    One that you pedal forwards it goes forwards.   You pedal backwards you go backwards.

Fixed wheel instead of Freewheel.

Didn't wheelie specialists like Craig Strong use a Fixed wheel?

Title: Re: pedal backwards
Post by: Dark Diggler on March 28, 2008, 09:58 AM

If its a fixed gear you are after you want a track sprocket with a lockring, miche are as good as any  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: pedal backwards
Post by: adeshere on March 29, 2008, 04:34 PM

i'm sure woody itson had a switchable fixed wheel so he could get up in to a cherry picker and then ride around