"Sheldon Brown" <
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> >>>I've found only a couple of mentions here about this hub on google. It
> >>seems like the best way to go if I want to solve problems of tensioning
> >>and lousy seals on Shimano freewheel bearings. My worry now is how well
> >>this hub works
> >>
> >>>so if anyone has any comments/experience with it, I'm listening.
>
> It works great! I love mine.
>
> >>I first heard it mentioned by Sheldon Brown. It is new; as in just available and it is also a
> >>flip flop (one side fixed and the other side takes a freewheel) hub, so it is not surprising
> >>that there are no
reviews
> >
> > at
> >
> >>mtbr.com for it. It sounds intersting, but at $200 I do not want to be
>
> It's only $159.95, and if you subtract the $50 cost of a decent chain tensioner, it becomes quite
> reasonable.
>
> > Yes it is expensive. :-\ I just found out one side is fixed, something
I
> > don't want so I'm not sure if I'll go for it but I really do want to
remove
> > my tensioner.
>
> The fixed option is purely positive. If you don't want to use the fixed gear, just take off the
> lockring and screw a freewheel on the fixed side instead. There's no obstacle at all to using this
> with two freewheels.
>
> There's no downside to the fixed gear threading, and who knows, sometime you might decide you want
> to take the bike onroad, and discover how much more fun a fixed gear is.
>
> Before the invention of this hub, kludgy half-derailer chain tensioners made a sort of sense, but
> the ENO hub is a way better solution to the vertical dropout problem. Now that there's a choice,
> pulley-type chain tensioners are really mono-buttocked.
>
Wow, although I was semi glad at the thought that I might be saving $ by not replacing my Surly flip
flop, I'm actually really glad that the ENO flip flop can hold 2 freewheels! I'll probably try the
fixed for a while but am not sure how I'll find it. Closest I've tried was one of those backward
pedal brake type of bikes; at least thats my idea of what a fixed would sort of feel.
Flip flops are really good for me cus I usually ride to the trails here in microscopic Singapore,
and most of my friends are on gears so I have to keep up on the road, and yet be able to make it
off-road as well. But I guess it would be more tedious to do a gear change with the ENO compared to
my current setup. Hope I can get it next month or so. Thanks for the clarification!
bloocow
