Timeline for How long does a freewheel cog last?
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| Feb 26, 2021 at 9:27 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | @MaplePanda at the time I guessed incorrectly that it was a single cog trapped inside some spacers on a normal freehub body. My alfine 11 drive sprocket could be flipped in place, and the chain line was unaffected. | |
| Feb 26, 2021 at 4:41 | comment | added | MaplePanda | @Criggie Wouldn’t the freewheel work in reverse then? | |
| Aug 25, 2018 at 1:16 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Is there any value in flipping the cog? Would OP get a better surface for the new chain to rest on? If the cog is threadded it should just spin on, less likely for a cassette conversion though. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 22:23 | comment | added | Nathan Knutson | Weird, I've had good luck with them. It seems like cheap, good BMX freewheels have become an endangered species. Maybe because real BMX bikes don't use them much anymore. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 19:44 | comment | added | nck | I had considered one of those, but looking at the comments in a big we like chainreactioncycles it looks like they are really bad, some people saying they fail with under 1000km. That is really disappointing. | |
| Aug 24, 2018 at 19:23 | history | answered | Nathan Knutson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |