Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby Miles » Fri May 18, 2012 7:11 am

Need to get a specimen of these for the museum, boostjuice. They're about the same price as the ACS Crossfire.

http://www.excessfreewheels.com/

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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby Miles » Fri May 18, 2012 7:25 am

Also: http://www.gtbicycles.com/2012/parts/mi ... -freewheel

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[Looks like it was made by the same factory as the Excess...]
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby MotoMel » Wed May 23, 2012 10:43 pm

We had ACS make up a batch of custom flanged freewheels (based on Crossfire) with 5 threaded 5mm holes and 5 unthreaded holes for 5mm screws, so that you can attach unthreaded or threaded chainrings to them. That makes them pretty versatile. If anybody is interested, we can put them up in the for sale area. Here are a couple of photos:
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby Miles » Thu May 24, 2012 2:43 am

MotoMel wrote:If anybody is interested, we can put them up in the for sale area.
Thanks Mel. I think there would be quite a lot of interest in those....
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby Chalo » Thu May 24, 2012 3:30 am

Idle pedals are the devil's treadmill. Hard connect your pedals to your motor drive and all this nonsense becomes irrelevant. Or else continue to reap the wages of moral cowardice!

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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby CNCAddict » Thu May 24, 2012 3:38 pm

Do these have the same dimensions as the white industries freewheel; hole locations etc?
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby MotoMel » Thu May 24, 2012 4:24 pm

Hi CNCAddict. Are you asking about the custom ACS freewheels?

Hole location is the same, and the units are interchangeable. The White Industries freewheels are slightly thicker if I recall: wider and maybe even taller shoulders by .5mm or so. The ACS might have a partial mm taller flange; the ACS flange is just barely taller and barely thinner than Dicta. Is that any help?
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby CNCAddict » Thu May 24, 2012 4:53 pm

Yeah, that's the one and thanks for the info. I'd be interested in picking one up depending on the price :)
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby MotoMel » Thu May 24, 2012 5:21 pm

Price $15 plus about $5 for shipping. Does that work for you?
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby boostjuice » Mon May 28, 2012 1:56 am

Miles wrote:Need to get a specimen of these for the museum, boostjuice. They're about the same price as the ACS Crossfire.

http://www.excessfreewheels.com/

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My std Crossfire is holding up great after ~500km so i dont see a need to find a better alternative. Smaller engagement increments doesnt help any either. That being said, I suspect they're going to be made to even tighter tolerances and feature a stronger engagement system being that their ratchet design takes a lead from Industry-nine freehubs.
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby Miles » Mon May 28, 2012 2:02 am

boostjuice wrote:.... being that their ratchet design takes a lead from Industry-nine freehubs.
How do we know that?
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby boostjuice » Mon May 28, 2012 2:07 am

Miles wrote:
boostjuice wrote:.... being that their ratchet design takes a lead from Industry-nine freehubs.
How do we know that?


Sorry, that comment was in regard to your earlier post about the 'Crossfire Pro' where it states "Each pawl engages 2 steps for maximum grip"
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby Miles » Mon May 28, 2012 2:09 am

Ah ok. Got it.

I'm just adding new freewheels to this thread because we already have a lot of info here.
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby MotoMel » Mon May 28, 2012 8:55 pm

:) The ACS Custom Flanged Crossfire freewheels are up on eBay now: http://www.ebay.com/sch/bikemotive/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1, and a posting http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40217 in the new items for sale on these forums has also been made. These will remain at the $15 price only for the next several days (through the end of May), and then I have to bump it a few dollars to account for the eBay and PayPal cut of the revenues. There is also a listing for the same freewheels but with disc chainring mounting hardware added on, for anyone who doesn't have as many loose screws as I've been finding around here...

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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby myzter » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:41 am

Im happy with my latest freewheel crank build using :
freewheel: 16T Excess Technologies / $25
cranks: Neon bow ISIS 162mm 315grams / $75
I run 1/4" chain on the motor sprocket 5T on the crank I have a 80T sprocket
the chainrings are 38T and 18T, rear cassette 11-34T

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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby MotoMel » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:03 am

Sweet! My gaze kept being diverted to the wall calender, however. 8)
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby visuthdy » Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:31 pm

hey myzter,
nice freewheel cranks. can you tell me what ISIS bottom bracket you are using, what length? I just got some ISIS Echo trail cranks. I'm looking for a extra long ISIS bottom bracket.

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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby myzter » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:06 pm

hey visuthdy
size: 140-68 weight 245g
I sent an email to my contact too see if they still offer them, will post when I get a reply
I think I paid $70 EMS from China
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Re: Destroyed! A warning to those using freewheel cranks....

Postby visuthdy » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:19 pm

thanks for checking, do you know if they offer in 73? My frame is a dh frame and bb is 73.
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