Flip Flop hubs

[Mojoman]

Does anyone use one? Any good?

[Tumbleweed]

For what and on what?

[Mojoman]

I have been reading that guys use them on single speeds so you have one cog with X amount of teeth on one side and another cog with a different amount on the otherside and you can ride hills and flat areas easier just by pulling the rear wheel and flipping it around.

[stewie911]

Haven't used it, but from what I heard, they are pretty good.

 

I would run this with some sort of chain tensioner to make it easier to flip the wheel

[Wyatt Earp]

I have been reading that guys use them on single speeds so you have one cog with X amount of teeth on one side and another cog with a different amount on the otherside and you can ride hills and flat areas easier just by pulling the rear wheel and flipping it around.

To be honest that totally defeats the object of singlespeeding.

Also the only ones I have seen of late are freewheel on the one side and fixed on the other, both my Langster's are run like this.

[Thumper]

Now thats frikken genius!

[andretraut]

I have'nt tried the Flip Flop hubs yet, but the sandles are great....or is that Slip Slop?

[patches]

To be honest that totally defeats the object of singlespeeding.

Also the only ones I have seen of late are freewheel on the one side and fixed on the other, both my Langster's are run like this.

 

yeah same! Only ever heard of flip-flop hubs that are fixie on one side and regular free wheel SS on the other. I guess one could run 2 different ratios if they wanted... but like Dangle said... the main purpose is to switch beween fixie and free wheel

[EigerSA]

I got a flip-flop on my benotto but except for trying it out when I first got the bike, I've never done it since. Though it is pretty cool to know I have the option.

[Mojoman]

To be honest that totally defeats the object of singlespeeding.

Also the only ones I have seen of late are freewheel on the one side and fixed on the other, both my Langster's are run like this.

OK, maybe I did not read the article properly last night. While it may defeat the object of single speed, it might have worked for me. If I head in one direction when leaving my house the road is relatively flat, head another direction and it gets pretty hilly and rough.

[jesser]

Does anyone use one? Any good?

 

Yep, they work fine, at least if you have a decent quality

hub. I've been using a Surly hub for the last several years.

 

In practice, I almost never flip the wheel in the middle

of a ride. It's too much bother to ride to the top of the

hill in the small gear, get off and flip the wheel, adjust

the brakes, and then ride on. It's more something you set

at the beginning of the ride, depending on what sort of

course you're doing (bigger gear for flattish, rolling

terrain, smaller gear for something hilly). In this way, a

flip flop hub does not go against the idea of ss at all,

if you care at all about holding true to some arbitrary

standard.

[Wyatt Earp]

OK, maybe I did not read the article properly last night. While it may defeat the object of single speed, it might have worked for me. If I head in one direction when leaving my house the road is relatively flat, head another direction and it gets pretty hilly and rough.

Just remember that when you go singlespeed don't make the mistake most people make, they pick a gear for the flats so they don't need to pedal too much.

Always pick a gear for the steepest hill on your route, the rest is all about leg speed.

I rode Crater Cruise totally under geared on my singlespeed and still managed to survive OK.

Jesser , it totally defeats what riding a singlespeed is all about, that effectively makes it a two speed, if you want to ride a singlespeed, you need to be able to ride everything with that gear.

[Wyatt Earp]

I was totally under geared on that hill this morning when you flew up there on your SS!! And I had 19 gears more then you

:lol:

Sorry for not hanging around this morning, we had a bit of speed work planned.

[Wyatt Earp]

Oh, and my riding buddy got such a fright when you and Dobi sneaked up from behind that he wanted to go home and change his bib

LOL

I saw he got a bit of a skrik, those bikes are quite.

[schmoose]

I've had one for nearly 6 years, its a DMR and i have a 18/14 setup.

 

In all those years i've never flipped it, mostly because my bike uses a horizontal dropout and it means resetting the v-brake every flip.

 

If i have a chain tensioner im sure i'da flipped it a couple of times.

[Wyatt Earp]

I've had one for nearly 6 years, its a DMR and i have a 18/14 setup.

 

In all those years i've never flipped it, mostly because my bike uses a horizontal dropout and it means resetting the v-brake every flip.

 

If i have a chain tensioner im sure i'da flipped it a couple of times.

It'll be the Revolver, is that freewheel both sides ?