how the hell?

Alphabet
Alphabet Posts: 436
edited October 2010 in Commuting chat
on my way home last night i was struck by the kind of banging crunching noise that i always fear. pulled over to the side of the road thinking one of my hubs or the bottom bracket had gone, but it turned out to be the single speed freewheel on my flip flop hub disassembling itself.

the particularly odd thing is that i was actually running the bike fixed at the time, so it wasn't even being used :?

the upshot of this is that i need a new freewheel. the only one i can find in 17t is the bog standard shimano bmx jobbie (i'm not even looking at the white industries ones). anyone used one before? any good? i don't really run the bike SS anymore, but it's nice to have the option for longer rides. the other one i was thinking was this bargain basement option on ebay as it's only going to be a backup anyway. any opinions or other options?
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  • Clarion
    Clarion Posts: 223
    I've got a Shimano SF-MX30 I took off my fixed. It's 18t. Barely used.
    Riding on 531
  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Should be running fixed permanently....stop worrying about a freewheel. :D
  • andy83
    andy83 Posts: 1,558
    fossyant wrote:
    Should be running fixed permanently....stop worrying about a freewheel. :D

    +1

    to be fair I have never tried my bike ss always been fixed. come to think of it cant see the point of ss, thing i like about fixed is the fitness side of things
  • Alphabet
    Alphabet Posts: 436
    fossyant wrote:
    Should be running fixed permanently....stop worrying about a freewheel. :D

    to be fair, it's never been used since i put the track cog on the other side, but it's good to have options
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  • Butterd2
    Butterd2 Posts: 937
    andy83 wrote:
    fossyant wrote:
    Should be running fixed permanently....stop worrying about a freewheel. :D

    +1

    to be fair I have never tried my bike ss always been fixed. come to think of it cant see the point of ss, thing i like about fixed is the fitness side of things

    +2

    If I'm going to have a freewheel I may as well have 30 gears to go with it. Chuck it away and save a few grams :wink:
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  • Alphabet
    Alphabet Posts: 436
    Butterd2 wrote:
    andy83 wrote:
    fossyant wrote:
    Should be running fixed permanently....stop worrying about a freewheel. :D

    +1

    to be fair I have never tried my bike ss always been fixed. come to think of it cant see the point of ss, thing i like about fixed is the fitness side of things

    +2

    If I'm going to have a freewheel I may as well have 30 gears to go with it. Chuck it away and save a few grams :wink:

    haha, my bike is a 30 year old steel jobbie, a freewheel ain't gonna help that much :)
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Been running Shimano freewheels all the time I've had a SS bike, a much better product than the £10 cr@p sold by LBS.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • Craggers
    Craggers Posts: 185
    The Shimano freewheels aren't too bad, mine lasted about 1000 miles through last winter before I went fixed. It's still usable but rough as toast...sounds horrible.
    Fixed / Fast(ish) / Frankenbike
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Take your Shimano freewheel and flood it with teflon lube spray if you can and or soak in a bath afterwards, seems the seals aren't that good, but a quick clean out will see another couple of 1000s miles - well it did for me anyway.
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