5 Responses to “Test Riders”

1. Devon says:

   Located your site through Digg. You already know I will be subscribing to your rss.

   Reply
2. Solai Luke says:

   This is a really interesting article! Many thanks for this! Along with sincerely Luke aka couchgool.

   Reply
3. Solai Luke says:

   Hey individual acknowledgementfor this. Have a respectable daytime

   Reply
4. Dino DeLuca says:

   Cool site. I was surprised when I ran across it. You should cover some original coaster brake reviews. Some of the old riders still ride coaster brake. I ride with a guy that rides coaster at Chandler bike park every week. 25 years ago I used to ride coaster but switched over to freewheel toward the end of my competitive days. I have been riding again for a couple of years (45 years old now) and have the urge to build up a coaster or freehub wheel. I was curious if there have been any coaster brake technology advances other than freehubs. I know it is considered primitive, but I am still interested. I am also interested in building a freecoaster wheel.

   We used to weld the sprocket on and the coaster brake arm to take away any slop from a loose fit. Any where there was a caged bearing we would pull the cage and add bearings to have more of the race covered with bearings to make the race last longer. We used grease to hold the freebearings in place during assembly. Another thing we did was to take the brake shoes to a wire wheel to soften all of the edges so that when braking there was smooth braking. We also built or wheels with an outside cross four on the spokes.

   D

   Reply
5. jimonbike says:

   love the site ,i would love to test a freecoaster ,i have been riding freecoasters for about ten years now from the freeloader to the reloader and both the standard nankai to the bamboo(thats what im riding now)and a little time with the stolen and one of the early khe freecoasters ,im looking forward to picking up the ezra as soon as its available. keep up the good work jim

   Reply