The Freecoaster-The Worst Thing To Happen To BMX!

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11 ай бұрын

Phu Vu from Epic BMX ( _epicbmx) gives us the low-down on why The Freecoaster was one the worst thing to happen to bmx!
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@AlfredoMancuso 11 ай бұрын

For the record, I still love freecoasters 😎

@TheFloridaBikeVlogger 11 ай бұрын

LOL

@roberthardingfilms2703 11 ай бұрын

I wish I still had my freecoaster so much more fun

@bakdogg 11 ай бұрын

i still love my odyssey 2pc driver with 12t

@dennisd4452 11 ай бұрын

My '82 Schwinn is a free coaster mag.

@x88868 11 ай бұрын

If you want to ride during night time hours, get a free coaster. That way you ride silently in stealthmode.

@motionsick4973 11 ай бұрын

Yo...that crash in the opening of this video was gnarly...hate to see that but still watched

@djabroni_brochacho4644 2 ай бұрын

Is bro alive????

@insanetaco98 2 ай бұрын

@djabroni_brochacho4644 yeah that's begin back in the OSS days

@DADA01200 2 ай бұрын

brandon begin OSS video was sick @@insanetaco98

@Mthw-me-tube Ай бұрын

Yeah half calb EL TORO! BEEEAST MODE ACTIVATED

@ghostlaewon 11 ай бұрын

Proud to have been pushing freecoasters for over two decades #coloRADfreecoaster

@bmxraddad 11 ай бұрын

Been rocking one since getting back on the bike 5 years ago. Also Colorado here as well

@Heemiscold 11 ай бұрын

What’s a good bmx store in Colorado ?

@bmxraddad 11 ай бұрын

@@Heemiscold I’m from the Denver area so I suggest Pusher BMX. I know down in Colorado Springs there is Pedal Action BMX that is very good as well. Hope that can help.

@Chronic_Pain 11 ай бұрын

Love the education, just getting back into the sport myself after 20 plus years out of it! Working on a 2002 Mira restore and watching your videos to assist! ❤

@KrissTheRider 9 ай бұрын

how is the repair going🤔

@Chronic_Pain 9 ай бұрын

Good! Just waiting to locate a few parts!

@willaimhalford4980 6 ай бұрын

Glad I’m not the only one I’ve been out close to 20 and recently restored a old school dyno nsx and instantly the fire was lit

@lyricwashere 7 ай бұрын

What a compelling way to begin a video. Ten seconds in and we are hooked. I hope that young mans okay.

@demacherius1 11 ай бұрын

I love my coaster. Not at a skill level to truly use it yet but alon the riding without the noise is great in my oppinion.

@theshamanarchist5441 11 ай бұрын

Yeah. The noise from those modern drivers goes right through me. Reminds me of the noise the clockwork owl from 'Jason and the Argonauts' makes.

@Smokey7186 11 ай бұрын

Yeh i enjoy having a silent hub.

@theshamanarchist5441 11 ай бұрын

As a flatlander, I think it was the best thing to ever happen in freestyle. After Dorkin 4 anyway.

@nofood1 11 ай бұрын

freecoaster for flatland, cassette for street, always!!!

@x88868 6 ай бұрын

Why is a free coaster good for flatland?

@bmxriderforlife1234 6 ай бұрын

@@x88868free coaster is like required for some flatland tricks due to rolling backwards while standing on the pedals in weird positions.

@x88868 6 ай бұрын

@@bmxriderforlife1234 makes sense. Thank you.

@dasgoofinhiemer5039 10 ай бұрын

My homie Bruce getting props! He can ride backwards better than I can forward.

@shdw6662 11 ай бұрын

The we the people hybrid and eclat shift hubs are also another evolution. It’s both a freecoaster and a full cassette when you want it to be. Also the design is super simple and basically maintenance free. My personal favorite.

@413fps 11 ай бұрын

they are 2 in 1 but not usable at the same time like planetary or z coaster. Cinema is currently working in another true hybrid different from planetary internals. Let's see if eclat design something with this new system.

@markgkonan 11 ай бұрын

100% Hybrid❤

@ethanw2805 11 ай бұрын

Had the WTP hybrid for a year and mainly used it in freecoaster but once or twice used the cassette mode. After a year the hub is wrecked inside and almost impossible to tighten or loosen when removing the back wheel. Poor design and it has trouble engaging and pedalling as well as strange clunks and clicks randomly. If you are thinking of getting one don't, they advertise them as the greatest hub ever but really it isn't designed properly and won't last you very long if you ride hard. Wethepeople make some good products but the Hybrid hub is definitely not one of them

@shdw6662 11 ай бұрын

@@ethanw2805 idk man I’ve been riding it since it first came out and I ride pretty hard. I’ve personally never had a problem with it. Yea sometimes it skips but other than that it’s been solid. The insides still look really good on mine. Then again I would take it apart every once in a while to clean it up and apply a thin layer of grease on everything.

@shdw6662 11 ай бұрын

@@413fps yea but these hubs are meant for people who want to switch back and forth from regular freecoaster and regular cassette. Not for it to feel like a cassette but actually be a freecoaster. I actually like having that little bit of slack when I’m on a freecoaster but some people don’t hence why they made the planetary system. I would give it a try tho. Was actually thinking of trying alienations Venus planetary freecoaster as it’s the cheapest option with all the same internals as the more expensive ones like the cult hub or bsd hub.

@paullord196 8 ай бұрын

The Odyssey reloader was so bad due to the clutch springs always breaking.instead of ball springs it had 2 s shaped flat springs inside the clutch cone that rubbed on the axle.The Poverty freecoaster from Dans Comp was a rebranded reloader hub.Ian Schwartz used to run a modified poverty freecoaster back in the day when he rode for Sunday bikes.

@jsbmx2039 11 ай бұрын

Pat was a pioneer on what could be done on a coaster. Dude would land backwards over box jumps. So good

@durantbooker1406 5 ай бұрын

I need a youtuber to break down technology like this in skateboarding. This guy is brilliant. he is so enthusiastic

@UTP_ENT 19 күн бұрын

Brilliant? This is gossip

@jose-cmd 11 ай бұрын

That landing was brutal.DAMN

@agcomedy3519 11 ай бұрын

That begin clip always gives me nightmares

@johnnymandry2354 11 ай бұрын

Phu is the best. This is why I watch this Chanel. Please keep these vids coming or Phu start your own channel for your shop

@sebikelifeusvetparatrooper 11 ай бұрын

Yes SHOP OWNER is fun to watch no doubt✊

@chrisphillips1492 11 ай бұрын

UHHH GUYS!!! MY GUYS! YOU GUYS!!! OH YOU KNOW WHAT GUYS!! GUYS!!! I love this guy. x

@mtcx 11 ай бұрын

I just got back into bmx after a 10 year hiatus and gota freecoaster. Hate the slack. Took like 300 tries to fakie lol. My buddy has a "planetary" where theres like no slack. Pretty cool.

@BarnsB_23 11 ай бұрын

Sometimes I switch to cassette to keep it fun but Freecoaster will always be my fav

@Rawkerguy20 11 ай бұрын

For me I have always been a cassette person and I don’t think I wanna change it they are sooo fun

@kirkwickham3336 11 ай бұрын

Phu, you just like showing the Begin clip! :D

@pine51 11 ай бұрын

still running my khe geisha was an absolute head ache but my own mods help home made bushings in the clutch an the cog. i like big gap for flatland tricks. but a proper working fc should have almost instant engagement when riding normal an u should have to back pedal to set a big gap {slack}

@nadagainagain4987 11 ай бұрын

Remember tony hawks American wasteland? There were bikes you could ride , they worked like they had freecoasters. In like 2005. I remember telling my homies that it's going to happen nobody believed me. KHE had the first good FC like 3 years later.

@dlowkkk 11 ай бұрын

i have a 29er gt performer and the crank is a 3 piece i belive and it’s a 19mm i want to ask if a ixf fits

@michaelrodgers5105 8 ай бұрын

I still have an Odyssey reloader laced up to a primo hula hoop. Never really had any serious problems with it, besides the slack not being consistent

@8bitsamurai6 4 ай бұрын

I'm really thinking about getting Sleepers complete. Love the look and seems to be a decent spect bike. Is it one that will last away for an intermediate bmx rider?

@StrongArmEntertainment 8 ай бұрын

I started riding 1998. The freecoaster was the best thing to ever happen to BMX. Doing dumb stair tricks like that is wrong lol

@randycollins2607 11 ай бұрын

Free coaster for life 😅😅

@OH.A.M. 11 ай бұрын

Have we ever going to talk about the Epic shirt designs that have that awesome 80’s style?

@PeepGamePopoff 11 ай бұрын

U killin it on the clickbait haha

@AmazingChinaToday 11 ай бұрын

The Odyssey Clutch freecoaster is flawless. A masterpiece of engineering.

@Taino-Photos 11 ай бұрын

I have the clutch and it's good. My first freecoaster was the alienation freecoaster and that was a good hub, especially the fact that you could adjust slack through the non driver side axle which made things easier

@AmazingChinaToday 11 ай бұрын

@@Taino-Photos The new Clutch v3 now has tool free slack adjustment. But I've been running factory default slack on the v2 without issues.

@renlafraise4359 10 ай бұрын

I agree, I changed my casette hub for a freecoaster and I regret my choice. When it's cold outside, the engagement make 3/4 tour sometimes complete tour to be able te pedal. A freecoaster suck !!

@randycollins2607 11 ай бұрын

Most people don't like freecoasters because they get that junky ones and it never works. I've had my shadow symbols for two-and-a-half years and I have not touched them.

@bermchasin Ай бұрын

i hate that so many of the good bmx completes only come with freecoasters. I rode a coaster over 10 years ago and it was pretty cool, but I like pedalling back in a fakie. So I wanted a nice complete (100% chromo, dbl walled rims, etc) but with a cassette. I still have my coaster wheel somewhere.

@bgoutdoors802 11 ай бұрын

I remember when khe released the free coaster and I was so hyped to be able to fakie without backpedaling. I used to mess with my friends and call it a quiet cassette a.d would back pedal it and then boom, fakie without backpedaling. Blew there minds. Then a month later back pedaling on a free coaster and my hub self destructed. I vowed to never touch a free coaster again until I bought a back wheel for my bike and got a free coaster without realizing. So I was basically forced to ride it and now I can't ride cassette. I feel off balance when trying to fakie. I can't half cab over anything. The pedal pressure messes me up now that I learned to ride without it and without back pedaling

@stromburgcyj8605 11 ай бұрын

Just found this channel a couple days ago and Phu is phunny as phuck, love the content 👍 BTW what year did they fix the free coaster approx.

@yfitzmorris 11 ай бұрын

Phu is the bomb 💪🏼😤

@tonypeters7504 11 ай бұрын

The ACS RL Edge freecoaster hub was the very first one on the market.

@ChrisC-vk4jf 11 ай бұрын

I had the RL Edge wheel set and the RL Edge tires were dope AF for the time. If those RL Edge rims would have been chrome as well, you couldn't have beat them back then. I don't remember if they were double walled or triple or if they were just single,but that hub got passed around the block as me and the fellas were digging the anti backpeddle action.

@dankbeatz1200 10 ай бұрын

I had one on my mongoose decade pro, its hard to even find pictures of it

@apathy9237 10 ай бұрын

The Reloader was actually a good hub for modification because the axle is simple and solid. It was easy to take apart too. The internal drag springs for the clutch mechanism was the major problem with them. However, there is a way to make your own springs that last longer than the stock ones out of easily acquired pieces. You can also replace the slack washer with a bearing/washer combo and it was still halfway decent to crank flip it.

@apathy9237 10 ай бұрын

It does have a hollow axle but it was typically a stronger axle than the KHE

@bmxriderforlife1234 6 ай бұрын

Rob ridge reloader mods and others yup. He also has a mod list of the Ezra hubs.

@silentriver8488 11 ай бұрын

Do they still lock or disengage or w/e and you would bang your knee on your stem? 😅😅 other than that I could see myself adopting it lol

@paulcleary8137 Ай бұрын

ACS had a hub that had a coaster brake or a free wheel hub. Had to turn two knobs to engage/disengage it.

@touretteslife 27 күн бұрын

It makes sense for flatland. There are really good reasons we need it for flatland but yeah not as necessary for other types of riding.

@arlingtontrains7 7 ай бұрын

The fact it would lock up on me while rolling backwards ended it for me! I’m cassette rider 100% for life! I ride the Primo Mix cassette hub LHD 9T driver

@pauljames4510 11 ай бұрын

the roller bearings they put in drivers for freecoaster allways crushed my Cinema FX2 freecoaster holds up well and I hear the BSD revolution hub is good aswell I’ve been told 👍🚲💨

@TB0NEx 11 ай бұрын

Bro freecoasters are fucking awesome.

@davidbreitwieser3591 11 ай бұрын

I have a bsd west coaster and it’s still rolling strong

@izael5132 11 ай бұрын

Will there be any noticeable difference if I go from 36/16 to 36/17 on my Se big ripper ?

@tnerbsg8134 11 ай бұрын

Yes lol easier to pedal

@izael5132 11 ай бұрын

@@tnerbsg8134 what about for going uphill a lot will it be worse ?

@La_motavation 11 ай бұрын

Naw not that Brandon clip 😅

@gwoolford4818 11 ай бұрын

Hey Phu, can you do an episode on Bar Pads, why they aren't on bikes now, like they were back in the early years of BMX

@x88868 11 ай бұрын

Because back then, when bikes were still kinda new to the world, they were used by kids. Well, the kids have grown up and no longer need them.

@MZRFaith 11 ай бұрын

I like my cassettes, I do a lot of cruising so it is what it is.

@xtraRellish 11 ай бұрын

Coaster came along way. And I've been along for the ride for 15 years.

@jakeleslie97 8 ай бұрын

What’s a good free coaster to get started on?

@kennyfoster4733 11 ай бұрын

I love the coaster it's awesome. I switched 5 years ago. We'll never go back to cassette. Not Disney Nikki sent but I have so much more fun on this Coster and I don't have to fit a faddle with petling back. Which just a new roll back trick and the tricks fill rat him. You don't have that control that you get from a cassette when it comes to feather in your Manuals👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 The tricks feels so much ratter on costers, and that's my opinion.💪💪💪

@kirkwickham3336 11 ай бұрын

Rode a Hoffman 3/8" axle freecoaster and Primo Bomb freecoaster back in the day. Neither was great. Rode a WTP Helix freecoaster more recently and it wasn't much good either. Finally, I'm on a BSD Revolution now and it's been awesome.

@KazZ159 11 ай бұрын

helix freecoaster is the same trapez/erza shit, always breaking in the paws, i tried do a crankflip literaly explode inside. Revolution is on another level

@kirkwickham3336 11 ай бұрын

@@KazZ159 I didn't buy the Helix knowingly. It came on my 2020 Battleship. Replaced it with a BSD Revolution 2 months later.

@aurteekay6339 Ай бұрын

I’m a cassette only guy. If the bike doesn’t sound like a money counter while I’m rolling down the street I don’t want it 😂

@DomkeBoy 11 ай бұрын

Free Night made the planetary design. Now BSD, Alienation, Colony, Cult, and Premium offer a Planetary design based hub. Incase anyone was wondering. I’m sure more brands will start making them over time.

@AmazingChinaToday 11 ай бұрын

I wasted $250 on one. It kept engaging at unwanted times, and I never trusted it. Replaced it with the Odyssey v2 Clutch and it's been flawless and predictable for 2 years, and has never engaged unexpectedly even once.

@darkxkai5754 11 ай бұрын

@@AmazingChinaToday i got a venus hub a few weeks ago and i havent had any issues with it randomly engaging, it engages at weird times like rolling up transition and rolling back down to fakie, the hub will stay in cassette mode, but if u roll up the transition, hop to fakie, then it coasts. doing 180s/halfcabs, if you do a halfcab and ur wheel rolls backwards as your landing if you didnt rotate all the way, the hub will disengage and you have no pedal pressure. just a learning curve, same thing when i went from cassettes to freecoasters, u just gotta learn how it works and adapt,also 2 years ago were when they were brand new so they still had issues, the venus hub is my favorite hub ive ever had so far

@AmazingChinaToday 11 ай бұрын

@@darkxkai5754 Glad it's working for you, but to be clear, in your comments you describe it engaging at unwanted times while rolling backwards. My Odyssey Clutch has never done that even once in two years.

@413fps 11 ай бұрын

Cinema is making one now but free night confirmed they are not using planetary internals, so it's probably even an improved design.

@ericmartin3396 11 ай бұрын

I had a free coaster back on my nike on 1997. Kink empire 1st edition.

@bmxriderforlife1234 6 ай бұрын

Imo which is fairly detailed for coasters. Phu is half right. Driver bearings but the angular contact bearing and bushing was another part of it. Odyssey kinda perfected the traditional style coaster. But we had some early slightly better cosster designs. Sesshins never made it to public but was a chosen design with mods the same as the shadow and ezra hubs. The ezra hub apparently being closest to the normal srock chosen design. Shadow and Sesshins versions being more modified for better performance.

@nowherebrain 11 ай бұрын

I agree with the title.

@adrielpineda2119 22 күн бұрын

Cassette for life!

@wilsonthomson581 11 ай бұрын

your awsome phu

@TheCaptainsCog 11 ай бұрын

What you talkin bout Phu? Odyssey cassettes blew up all the time, well the driver bearings always did.

@bunymustard2584 8 ай бұрын

Y'all have free coasters now?!? Wtf😱🤯 I used to ride a s&m warpig with a nankai years ago. Holy f*k, just found Ur channel👍🏽 Nostalgia 💣

@guntermufasa8647 11 ай бұрын

Cassette is where it’s at and it’s coming back in street just like metal pegs

@chadfren 10 ай бұрын

yo metal pegs are epic

@robertwatts9800 11 ай бұрын

I still have the khe geisha. Primo had one

@Halo4400Gir 3 ай бұрын

Fuck free coasters but the first one that had yet to break 3 years later is the revolution. I’ve busted so many brand new coasters with in a couple months and for the prices it hurts.

@Hassan-Alnajjar 10 ай бұрын

The Cinema FX2 Garrett Reynolds signature Freecoaster hub is rubbish, it's good when new, but after 2 Months it will start shaking then the thread will damage, regular maintenance required. *The Primo Freecoaster hubs are good but they are heavy.

@1111Scorpitarius 11 ай бұрын

So how difficult would it be for a noob like I to convert my cassette to coaster? Cost effectively?

@chadfren 10 ай бұрын

buy a coaster and have someone install it

@1111Scorpitarius 10 ай бұрын

@@chadfren Nah; I'm about learning to do it all myself my dude.

@reviewyourownadventure2083 11 ай бұрын

I remember the ACS R.L Edge freecoaster. First I'd ever heard of. Total shit. Explosions and crashes and pain.

@user-uo4qx8ym2r 9 ай бұрын

The FREECOASTER HELPED ME AFTER I MESS UP MY KNEES ACL !! IM LOVIN IT I USE A SALTPLUS FREE..

@brandonhd7489 11 ай бұрын

Not the begin clip😭😭

@rclmxshift 11 ай бұрын

Nothing is better than the the og ACS freewheel.

@kirkwickham3336 11 ай бұрын

Colony Wasp has entered chat.

@LandMisfitComics 11 ай бұрын

I'm old school still ride with 48 hole Suntour coaster brake with the ACS NOT Odyssey Freecoaster add-on (turn 2 knobs to change between coaster brake and freewheel). I never had a problem with this even BITD. Heavy but i don't flatland anymore. I just ride my OS Hutch Trickstar for transportation.

@bmxscape 11 ай бұрын

been riding a single federal v3 for 10 years only the driver and bearings have been replaced, regrease it every year or so

@stevencuenca1980 11 ай бұрын

I'm so old I'm still on a cassette..I just pedal like fuck (and tall gearing helps).. love the fakie with pedaling tho it is limiting.

@timothybaker6596 11 ай бұрын

Sleeper rules 🔥🔥🔥

@janeblogs324 11 ай бұрын

0:05

@8bitsamurai6 4 ай бұрын

Alot of things suck at first until perfective.

@BURNOUTBMX 11 ай бұрын

I have regular shadow free Oster and that shit sucks... I need one

@keam210tx 11 ай бұрын

Phu lookin like he bout to serve up some steamed pork buns at the end with a side of cat-sette

@Anthony-uz5tj 11 ай бұрын

that clip is brutal damn.

@jamesreichard3088 11 ай бұрын

What happened to the Acs?

@bunymustard2584 8 ай бұрын

So, as an old skool guy, riding a freecoaster is similar to riding brakeless?🤷🏽‍♂️🤔

@ritzpunsalan2149 10 ай бұрын

where is this shop at?

@hugoduartecars 4 ай бұрын

Los Angeles

@insanetaco98 2 ай бұрын

I refuse to stop running cassette hubs

@BlackyBrownDestruction9337 11 ай бұрын

I can shift gears on my top tube and still do a bar spin with my gyro brakes

@michaelevans6205 11 ай бұрын

Top five best free coasters currently?

@alexporter12345 11 ай бұрын

Had to replace my axle and my clutch was donzo had to order those parts from sparkys I love coaster better then cassettes but anyways coaster nation

@karl11 11 ай бұрын

The best fc are the one's that uses pawls. Just my opinion.

@American_Made 11 ай бұрын

I rode coaster back in the day. Tried them all, SST, Bendix, Shimano. The thing right after the coaster was the REAL freeecoaster. it was a coaster brake that could also do freewheel. it didn't last. the new freecoaster is not the original one.

@Stubbleduck43 11 ай бұрын

Yes, the name came from the ACS Freecoaster. You could switch back and forth from coasterbrake to freewheel. I had one in my Suntour coaster brake hub.

@ChrisC-vk4jf 11 ай бұрын

Came on the RL Edge wheels