This simple site was started with the intention of educating the BMX community about freecoasters. I hope to fully explain all that is going on with freecoasters and their inner workings. This should be continually updated, so feel free to let me know about any ideas you have.

News:

3/14/07 - I have made a few more adjustments, including one new, old hazard mod, and a new paragraph discussing the angle of engagement rings.

3/4/07 - Another month of this quarter has gone by without any updates. I am sorry, it is kicking my ass. Anyway, I have some news: KHE solid replacement axles are now available in Europe, they will be in the US soon; Profile Racing is going to be releasing 9-tooth Nankai drivers that will be lighter than the stock ones and may even be able accommodate a sealed bearing... maybe... I added some mods: The lightest freecoaster ever; The first 8-speed freecoaster; And a fixed link to the unsealed bearing packing. Also, I was able to recieve a review of the Sym-Hub, which was wonderful to get. And finally, I finished the article on axles. Oh, and some more Gemma info and pictures of the Oden freecoaster.

2/4/07 - It has been a long time since I last updated the site, but I have been very busy. I finally found time to add the coaster brake section (I found that time on an airplane). So it can provide some good historical data for you cats. Also, I added a general trouble shooting guide in the maintenance section. Enjoy! I will try to update more often, but I cannot promise anything until this quarter is over. I am about halfway through with the axle article, but I am almost out of battery, and I am getting close to San Francisco in this plane, so I will have to finish that later.

1/19/07 - I have added a few new things. A page on the Blowfish freecoaster; Pictures of the Primo Bomb Hub; And two reviews (Reloader Review      Geisha Review)

1/17/07 - The next article “Hub Shells” is up and running. Let me know if you would like to add anything or have any questions.

1/14/07 - I have added an article on resistors... I hope you all will enjoy it. I have also collected a couple reviews, but not too many, so I will try to find a better way of getting the reviews before I post them up.

1/9/07 - Ok, so the Review section was not working the way I wanted it too, so if you guys could just e-mail me your reviews at tubes6al4v@sbcglobal.net that would be very much appreciated. I also would like to announce the new Bamboo from Nankai on www.flatlandfuel.com, this hub will be a great street coaster. I added some more information up also.

1/6/07 - The first edition of the reviews section is up. I do not have any reviews yet, because you have not submitted them yet. So visit this page and they will be up soon!!!

There is now the second page in the “otherwise noteworthy” section. It is the internally geared hub. I am trying to download this flash video that Rohloff has on their site. But for now, you can see it Here.

1/3/07 - There is a piece made for mountain bikes to enable “freecoasting” called the “Chase Neutral”. While it is interesting, you may as well just take your chain off for a single speed.

12/28/06 - So, I added a Chris King section to the “Otherwise Noteworthy” section. Next step will be getting a hold of an internally geared hub for that section. I also spent more time trying to make a reviews section, but I cant find anything I want. And I made the Geisha PDF file integrated into one of the pages.

12/23/06 - It has been two weeks since my last update. My Main hard drive crashed (literally) and I lost all of my back up data for the site. I have had to manually move data from the internet to my computer (as there was no way to restore the data). Now I think it is complete. I will continue to make more additions (and restorations, since there is currently no Coaster-brake section). But I hope you can enjoy the couple new mods I have added. Removing the Bearing cages from unsealed hubs, making a thrust bearing for my Reloader, Making a freecoaster from a coaster-brake, and a few other things here and there. oh yeah, KHE now has pictures of the Reverse, and Federal of their freecoaster. Let me know if there is anything I should change.

12/10/06 - I found another LSD Taska Mod. This one is from Bunky at Bike Guide.

12/8/06 - Chris Harrison from Federal Bikes sent me an e-mail this morning about the new federal free-coaster. Also, Fabian Venegas was kind enough to take the slack pictures of the Geisha and Ghost them, so they look a little better.

12/7/06 - Eric Hostetler sent over some pictures of a modded Suntor. I actually fixed some links and slight differences.

12/7/06 - Quick update: KHE will be producing a new Bruce Crisman Free-coaster Called the Reverse.

12/6/06 - There are now two Geisha hub maintenance pages. Here is the second one. Also, I added a general Free-coaster maintenance page. Right now, it does not cover slack, but that will be soon. I also added a picture of the retention spring inside of the Geisha spindle in the Geisha Section.

12/5/06 - I received some pictures and information on the Romet Coaster Brake, and on maintenance of the geisha

12/4/06 - There are now some more early coaster brakes, and the Nankai Coaster-brake.

12/3/06 - I have added the Romet and Husqvarna NovoCoaster-brakes tomorrow I will break down the coaster brake section into each having their own page... Let me know if you guys know anything more about the hub.

12/1/06 - 12 hours after my last post, I am updating it again. So, Rob sent over some more pictures of the RL hub, along with some information. I was corrected (thank you Mark) on a few things: The Roller Coaster Mod was a modified Bendix coaster-brake, not a Suntor; KHE made more free-coasters before the Rollex. Additionally, I added a section on Seshin with the schematic of their coaster-cassette. I added updates to the 9t Taska Mod. And Lastly, I added an installation instructions picture for the ACS Direct Drive

11/30/06 - Here it is 10:30 PM and I am just finishing up updating the site. Federal has been working on a free-coaster. They are getting prototypes soon, so we will get updates then. I added ’Rob Ridges Reloader mod, which is quite wonderful. Lastly I added some more pictures of the ACS RL Converter and added a JB Coaster Converter. I also added a little 9 tooth LSD mod.

11/30/06 - It is the last day of November, and I am going to be busy as hell. I have some more pictures of coaster brake converters, and a very nice mod of an Odyssey Reloader. Unfortunately that will have to wait until late tonight (PST). Trust me, it will be worth it.

11/28/06 - Ok, so I updated the GBH mod, Generix, and KHE hub. KHE will be making a 6-bolt MTB hub. I added some specs and a picture in the KHE section.

11/27/06 - I had some computer issues over the Thanks giving weekend (my motherboard fried and the computer at work just wouldn’t start) so I couldn’t add all of the updates I have until now. OK here we go:

I have a contact in china who is trying to get some pictures of the Chosen free-coaster, but for now I just have a little intro for it.

I fixed a link for the Gemma free-coaster and the GBH Spares Mod.

I also added Generix, and Ultimate Hardware sections. I also included Primo, Premium, and Oden bikes speculative sections.

I was bored at work, so I made a new spring for my Odyssey Reloader. I hope it can inspire some of you to do better.

The Bizhouse Nonstop Axle was added to the mods section.

Lastly, I would like to announce some coasters that will not be made: RNC was planning on making one with Ian Schwartz, but they went under and the project was scrapped. Seshin has stopped their designs for a coaster because of the costs and difficulty of production involved.

OK, I have to go walk my dog and work on my English Essay.

11/22/06 - Today I received an e-mail from Eric Hostetler, with pictures of the ACS Direct Drive...

11/21/06 - I have Added the Gemma and Premium coasters to the Specific Coasters section. I also added some of the Gemma information into the Big list. Man, Google Korean translation sucks... that took some deciphering.

11/20/06 - Sorry I did not update the site over the weekend much, I had a lot of work. Anyway, on with business. I found some Tubular tires with ACE (if you were wondering). And my search has continued for more free-coaster information. I would eventually like to have a place on here where people can review different coasters and vote on them. I would like it to be in the style or MTBR (mountain bike review) or Road Bike Review. For now, what would work best is if you guys take some pictures and write up a little review (it doesn’t need to be long at all) and send it over to www.BMX-Test.com so that we can spread the free-coaster knowledge. I will be doing this with my Odyssey Reloader and Taska coaster-brake.

I am kind of stumped right now as to what I should currently do the site, so someone let me know please! I will work on a list for now... Over and out... man, that was lame...

OK, I have also added a couple of pictures of the new sealed Taska free-coaster in the Taska section. And a PDF file from KHE about how to adjust the slack on the coaster.

11/18/06 - OK here is the launch of the site. I have been kicking this around in my head for a while. I will be focusing the most of my efforts on the content of the information, the aesthetics will come later on.

So, lets see. Pat at flatland fuel has been helping me out by getting me more information and contacts. He hooked my up with Rob Ridge, who said that he would help contribute some old school (and hopefully mods) pictures to the site. I hope to replicate and document a mod that he has made to his Odyssey Reloader free-coaster in order to get it to not feel so rough.

Eric Hosteler is helping out by informing me about the different free-coasters over in Taiwan and such. I am going to try to find out more about the companies. He will hopefully be able to contribute some more of his classic coaster pics (like the super lace GT Hub).

Ares Bykes America is trying to get into contact with Ares to see if we can get some more information about the Hub and what is going on with their free-coasters.

I am sure that the Odyssey / G-sport Guys will update us on the news of the new coaster

Thomas Goring of KHE gave me a PDF file that describes how to adjust the slack of the KHE Geisha. He said they were working on a photo by photo sequence of maintenance of the hub. I am sure they will be keeping us updated on the hub.

I will be trying to gather the bearing numbers of the sealed hubs that are available. I just need to e-mail the companies that I don’t have diagrams for (and figure out where to put it). Lets see... um... I thought there was something else... oh well.

On a side note: I am searching for tubular(that’s sew-ups for some people) BMX tires... let me know if you know anything.

I remembered... Supposedly KHE Geisha and Odyssey Reloader Free-coaster drivers are interchangeable

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