Me rummaging through YOUR parts box: single speed freewheels

[Bill Lindsay]

You are sitting on one or more single speed freewheels.  You'd rather have money than wait for a single speed project to develop.  I may be willing to liberate what you've got.  

I'd consider any size White Industries ENO freewheel.  My offer for a White Industries ENO is $50 plus shipping.  

A generic BMX-like freewheel would need to be compatible with a 3/32" chain, and I would consider any size EXCEPT a 16.  My budget for a generic BMX freewheel would be $10 plus shipping.  

Let me know if you want my money!

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[George Schick]

I may be your man.  I have an 18T White ENO in my parts box that has had minimal use and I'm unlikely to ever use again.  I also have a BMX freewheel removal tool on which I had a machinist widen the center hole so it can fit over a PW hub's axle cap, if you're interested.

George

[Peter Adler]

If Bill's not interested in the modified BMX extractor, I am.

I have a Phil + ENO wheel that I've had for about a decade, having bought it off eBay figuring "what's the big deal? You just use a regular BMX extractor, get it off the hub, then move on with your life, right?". When the wheel arrived, I discovered that NOPE! that doesn't work. I couldn't figure any way to get the freewheel off without wrecking it, which seemed like a terrible waste. At the time, I emailed the Phil guys, who told me to bring the wheel down and they'd get the pricy-nice freewheel off without trashing it; I assume they've modified a BMX extractor (and probably other extractors as well) to remove miscellaneous freewheels installed on Phil hubs without sufficient attention paid to axle clearance. Unfortunately, I never made it down to San Jose before I gave up the car; now a Phil expedition would be a much bigger task.

And so my useful wheel and usable-by-somebody else freewheel have sat ever since, unused and taking up space.

I'd gladly buy the extractor and lend it to my neighbor Bill as needed. Alternately, he could buy it and lend it to me.

Peter Adler

in the town just south of Bill's place in El Cerrito, in

Berkeley, CA

[Bill Lindsay]

Peter

I've offered to buy the FW and extractor from George.  He wants a check in the mail, which I will happily provide, but I'm not going to be in front of my checkbook until after Labor Day.  Anyway, we'll get there....

I also could probably do the modification of a normal extractor on my lathe, but that also would wait until after labor day.  George's tool gets us there for a lot less work.  

BL in EC

[Patrick Moore]

Just mailed priority. Tracking # 9505 5131 2186 3234 2571 96

[Bill Lindsay]

Patrick did indeed mail me three freewheels, and George is sending me another.  I also acquired Joe's Melvin, so I'm set up to cause all kinds of drivetrain troubles. 

I don't know if these endeavors are Einstein or Frankenstein, but there's no way to move but forward when one insists on using freewheels.  

BL in EC

[Peter Adler]

Retro-direct opportunity!

Peter Adler

Berkeley, CA

[Peter Adler]

Finestkind; LMK when the handoff's happened. After 10+ years, time is obviously not a consideration on my end...

Peter Adler

Berkeley, CA

[George Schick]

Here's a couple of pic's of the modified BMX freewheel tool in use on a PW hub just to get your salivary glands in motion:

[George Schick]

Peter - Web investigation reveals that Park now makes an FR-8 BMX freewheel extractor with a 25mm opening. https://www.parktool.com/en-us/product/freewheel-remover-fr-8

I don't know how long this has been on the market, but looks like your angst over your SS FW removal could have been eliminated a while ago.  

George