Points Of Engagement

[Jitters]

Hi,

Would like to start off with a little success I had yesterday regarding my beginning to nail pedalkick/backhops. Took me forever to figure out, so I guess I'm getting on my way with a great foundation skill finally. Quite pleased about that.

I am, however, finding that the distance between 'clicks' on my freewheel is quite large and seems to be giving me a bit of a challenge as far as getting my pedals to ratchet into a good zone for me. I do not know the brand of freewheel. I'd like to consider purchasing a Tensile replacement, but wanted some input regarding these pawls and points of engagement and whatever else may be noteworthy as you know more about this subject than I do. (Searches did not seem to produce what I was looking for)

I am assuming that the more points there are, the smaller amounts of ratchetting you'd need to do to get the feewheel to engage. Correct me if I am wrong, please.

Do you find that this makes quite a bit of difference, and would it be worth my time to upgrade to a better unit even though I am still a total beginner?

Thanks for your wisdom!

Edited September 10, 2008 by Tappets

[N.Wood]

You're correct in what you're saying, yeah

Its a worthwhile upgrade to a Tensile or similar freewheel as a matter of course, because unbranded freewheels have a tendency to be death traps when it comes to trials.

The extra enagements will make a difference even at your stage in the game, and will give you confidence it won't skip or explode on you.

[forteh]

Back when I started riding trials (99/00 I think) I had a stock shimano hub and it skipped occasionally but the lack of engagement made it quite hard to progress, I forked out and got a hope ti-glide and it was a f**king revelation

Ok you couldnt trust in one these days and a proII/king/decent ffw is way better but compared to other hubs available on the market it was about as good as it got

Get a new freewheel with decent engagements and you will be far more comfortable on the back wheel because you can make smaller, quicker adjustments with the pedals.

[EVMK]

Hi,

im new to trials myself, well about 6 weeks now! I found i was having problems with my track standing and back wheel hops untill i got my self a new freewheel. I found i will have nearly an inch of play before my freewheel would engage so i brought a new TRY-ALL 108.9 and all i can say is, WOW what a differance, it made my learning curve so much quicker because i felt i had more control over the bike!

hope this helps lol