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Offline Funkyworm

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What's a ?
« on: April 01, 2014, 08:00 PM »
Flip flop rear hub ?

Never heard of them before , What are they & when did the come about ???  ???

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« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2014, 08:03 PM »
Threaded both sides of hub with 2 different thread sizes, different size free wheels fitted and you can flip then around to change gearing.
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« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2014, 08:06 PM »
I thought this was gonna say looptail....... :teef:

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« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2014, 08:09 PM »

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« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2014, 08:11 PM »
Threaded both sides of hub with 2 different thread sizes, different size free wheels fitted and you can flip then around to change gearing.

Ok cool (but why would you want to do that on a bmx ) if i wanted to change a gear i'd buy a road or mountain bike ???

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« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2014, 08:16 PM »
I have a flip flop Suzue hub on the rear of my supergoose, I thought you flip the wheel around so you can make it a fixie.

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« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2014, 08:22 PM »
To my understanding you had the flip flop hub so you could change the gearing instantly just by flipping the wheel so you might have a 14 tooth on one side and la 16 tooth on the other so if you wanted a lower gear at a certain track etc  it was. a 1 min job to change the gearing

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« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2014, 08:24 PM »
To my understanding you had the flip flop hub so you could change the gearing instantly just by flipping the wheel so you might have a 14 tooth on one side and la 16 tooth on the other so if you wanted a lower gear at a certain track etc  it was. a 1 min job to change the gearing

Ah ok cool so that makes sense , anyone know when they came in to being ?

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« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2014, 08:32 PM »
apparently titron/hutch flip flops came out in 79... thats all i know

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« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2014, 08:37 PM »
apparently titron/hutch flip flops came out in 79... thats all i know

Ah cool,  so one wont look out of place on an old school race bike ! I didm want to purchase if it was something thats not going to look correct on my build.

Thanks Chaps ! :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2014, 08:44 PM »
apparently titron/hutch flip flops came out in 79... thats all i know

Ah cool,  so one wont look out of place on an old school race bike ! I didm want to purchase if it was something thats not going to look correct on my build.

Thanks Chaps ! :daumenhoch:

Hope not, half of mine have them on!
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« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2014, 09:34 PM »
The rims that came with my Brum WHEELS were laced to Suzue hubs with a flip flop rear, and I am assuming they were original to the build. No idea on specific dates though.
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« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2014, 10:04 PM »
Yep, been around since the 70's and were specifically designed for race  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2014, 12:51 AM »
Callum, as folks have said already, they usually had a 15 or 14T frrewheel on them to swap at a track by just turning the wheel round. The smaller side is a metric M30 thread and you can now fit down to a 13T freewheel on them (Odyssey make one) so you can run a 36/35 front like my race RetroGoose has :daumenhoch:



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« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2014, 06:04 AM »
Ah Spen, Any excuse to post a picture of your Badlander  ;D

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« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2014, 06:09 AM »
Ah Spen, Any excuse to post a picture of your Badlander  ;D

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« Reply #16 on: April 02, 2014, 07:23 AM »
Markyp is RADs flip flop expert  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #17 on: April 02, 2014, 12:29 PM »
BMX Flip flop hubs have been around since the mid 70s, Suntour and Shimano made them among others, they have been on track bikes way before then.


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« Reply #18 on: April 02, 2014, 07:05 PM »
weren't flip flop hubs a flop,  complete waste of time, I have yet to see a bike with 2 cogs on the rear hub so you could whizz it round.  Don't know why they sold,  they look shite as well on a pony,  just my opinion anyhow.... :coolsmiley:
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« Reply #19 on: April 07, 2014, 10:57 PM »
Add a double cog freewheel and then it get interesting lol
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« Reply #20 on: April 08, 2014, 08:10 PM »
+1 on what I thought.  :)

To my understanding you had the flip flop hub so you could change the gearing instantly just by flipping the wheel so you might have a 14 tooth on one side and la 16 tooth on the other so if you wanted a lower gear at a certain track etc  it was. a 1 min job to change the gearing

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« Reply #21 on: April 08, 2014, 10:11 PM »
Bikes with 2 free wheels on were  indeed a rare sight. I'm going to stick a pair on to on of my flip flopped wheels right now.  :2gunsfiring_v1:

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