FREE WHEEL HELP

[insideoutland]

IV GOT 16T FREEWHEEL ON AT THE MO, AND 44 T CW BUT WANT TO CHANGE MY CHAINWHEEL TO 47T. WOULD THIS WORK 

[TwoBobRob]

Absolutely!  You might need to lengthen your chain. And the bike will be geared up significantly i.e. slower acceleration but ultimately a higher top speed     Longer cranks would help you spin it up   

[kuwahero]

yeah it would work. just means that for one revolution of the cranks you will travel a further distance.

however it will be harder to pedal. but once you get going it should be faster and less spinny if your doing a lot of pedaling.

why do you want to change it? as there may be other ratios to achieve same thing

[TwoBobRob]

Yeah, you could bang on one of those 15t freewheels. That would have a very similar effect and you wouldn't have to lengthen the chain.

[insideoutland]

THANK GUYS , I WAS AFTER THIS CERCTAIN CHAINWHEEL BUT IT ONLY COMES IN 17T
 WHAT BOUT RUNNING A 14T FW ON A 44T CW I GUESS THIS WOULD WORK OK THEN

[sonic-1]

only prob is to run a 14t yer goin to need a flip flop hub as it is smaller thred than a 16t , once yer got flip flop yer can go as low as 12t

[insideoutland]

YE WHAT IT IS, IV GOT ANOTHER WHEEL SET BUT THE HUB WILL ONLY TAKE 14T FW AND I WASENT SURE IF YOU COULD USE THIS ON A 44T-47T CW??

[sonic-1]

well for normal gearing with 14t freewheel yer need a 39cw
if yer got wheels with a 14t on has it got a tred on the other side to ??

[TwoBobRob]

44-14 or even 47-14 is FOOKIN tall!!!   You'd be able to do like 100mph, but you'd never get up a hill....  Unless your a proper athlete type person...

Running 16t on the back, you can feel the difference between 43,44 and 45 quite easily.  To make bigger jumps than that would be really significant 

[insideoutland]

THANKS DUDE I GET IT NOW , I DIDNT THINK THAT IT WOULD ALTER THE DRIVE SO MUCH.
 SO IL STICK WITH THE NORM.
DONT WANT TO SPEND ALL MY TIME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD  GASPIN FOR AIR