What is the difference between cassette and freecoaster

I also started on a coaster. I switched to a cassette eclat Dynamic v1 for a while and it tore itself to pieces due to shit seals, a driver bushing that was far too soft and ratchet ring teeth that were far too shallow. I found I was constantly maintaining it and bodging it back together. After that completely shit the bed, I went straight back to a coaster and haven't missed the cassette once. My point is, not all cassettes are equal.

There's a few common misconceptions regarding coasters, they don't require any more maintenance than you should be doing to a cassette and if properly maintained, they're arguably more durable. You've made 2 threads on which hub to go with, but you still Sorry to reply to an old thread, but what do you mean by "maintaining one won't be a hassle"? I just installed my new Eclat freecoaster so I'm curious.

I race motocross and keep all my bikes in pristine condition so I'm sure it's nothing I can't handle. I just installed my new Eclat If you can handle routine engine rebuilds, then maintaining a freecoaster should be a piece of cake. It just means that every couple of months, you disassemble it.

Clean up the internals and rebuild it with new grease. It just means that every Why not everything? You're not always going to be riding the same kind of thing; it'd get boring pretty fast Question was pretty much answered, but I figured since you mentioned you have an Eclat coaster I've had it on 2 different bikes and only opened it up and re-greased once.

I didn't mean to make it sound like it was a real pain in the ass to own one, it's just more moving parts so inherently slightly more upkeep. BTW the Helix hub I have on there now was laced in spring of and is still going. Vital BMX. Related: Edit Tags Done. Edit Tags Done. Blakwiddow wrote: I cant find anything on a freewheel hub only cassette and freecoasters could someone give me advise on what a freewheel is? It doesn't matter where a train goes.

It's decidin' to get on that does. Blakwiddow wrote: whell on the site of the bike company it says that the freecoaster is for street riding so idk. I don't crash, I do random gravity checks Can you brake if you pedal backwards with a cassette whilw going forward. When the clutch is in a ridge and the rider is pedalling, the BMX will propel forward due to the driver not being able to slip outside of the clutch.

This allows for the rider to ride the bike normally and leverage a free motion when the bike is not being pedalled. As the rider stops pedalling, the movement of the hub will then push out the clutch from the driver thread to disengage, leaving the driver to be left to glide over the threads as the hub and axel continues to move.

Some users complain about the slack on a free coaster and this is down to a rational gap in the clutch. This is the slight movement between the driver hitting the closest ridge on the clutch. The reason why there is a greater amount of slack in because a normal cassette with take up to a 20th of a turn to engage, whereas a free coaster could take a 10th of a crank turn, thus causing a bigger delay in engagement.

As the wheels turn backwards, so will the cranks. This is a particularly easy way to understand the difference between a free coaster and a cassette. This sound is created by the pawls on the freewheel hitting the splines inside the hub when the wheel is turned. The click comes from the passing over of the engaged surfaces. As the pawls are always in contact with the splines, the pedals of the bike will always be engaged when the hub rotates the opposite way to which a rider pedals.

The better the build quality of the cassette hub, the stronger the material inside meaning that there is a louder sound that comes from the bike when moving. We notice this on more higher-end, top quality bikes. Freecoaster: Advantage is coasting backwards. Disadvantage is higher weight and price.

Disadvantage is no coasting backwards. Coasting is simply traveling on a bike without pedaling. Austin Curtis Austin Curtis 1. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.

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