Everyone is used to the normal set up on most bikes, fixie or otherwise. The chain runs around the sprocket set on the back wheel and drives you forward. This is certainly often the situation, even when you own a fixed gear bicycle. Its only you have to pedal harder. This is the reason a flip flop hubcan be such a revelation in the right hands. What exactly is it as well as why is it so helpful?
Well typically the individual sprocket drive set on a fixie rear rim is virtually all you have. Pedal even harder or more quickly to ride up a steep hill or to manage your descent. That is great for most fixed gear riders. However sometimes you may actually want a rest or maybe some assistance climbing the larger sized inclines. It will take time to master a fixie and to improve your strength. So a flip flop hubis the answer.
The way it works is that on the opposite side of the standard sprocket, you put either an extra sprocket or a freewheel unit. This means that it is possible to turn the rim around to change the gearing or to allow coasting also. You may have several combinations either higher or lower to fit where you are heading and the way you want to do it.
So a flip flop hubis certainly an added piece of flexibility to your fixed gear bicycle, without compromising on principles. Yes you can effectively 'change' gear but all that you are doing switching from one fixed gear to another fixed gear.
You get rid of none of the purity of fixed gear bicycle riding or the connection with the street that is certainly so unique. But it definitely could open up all kinds of new opportunities and challenges that you never considered possible without it. Hail to the hub is what I say.
Well typically the individual sprocket drive set on a fixie rear rim is virtually all you have. Pedal even harder or more quickly to ride up a steep hill or to manage your descent. That is great for most fixed gear riders. However sometimes you may actually want a rest or maybe some assistance climbing the larger sized inclines. It will take time to master a fixie and to improve your strength. So a flip flop hubis the answer.
The way it works is that on the opposite side of the standard sprocket, you put either an extra sprocket or a freewheel unit. This means that it is possible to turn the rim around to change the gearing or to allow coasting also. You may have several combinations either higher or lower to fit where you are heading and the way you want to do it.
So a flip flop hubis certainly an added piece of flexibility to your fixed gear bicycle, without compromising on principles. Yes you can effectively 'change' gear but all that you are doing switching from one fixed gear to another fixed gear.
You get rid of none of the purity of fixed gear bicycle riding or the connection with the street that is certainly so unique. But it definitely could open up all kinds of new opportunities and challenges that you never considered possible without it. Hail to the hub is what I say.
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