You will hear good and bad. I've been on mine for two plus years, three to five days a week and I've never once had an issue. I've never even had to open it up.

Got mine since 1 month, the slack is iregular but no other issues.
Not expensive too.

Do you have tree pegs and Kevlar tires yet? Another freecoaster is a can of worms!

What about a trimmed, short seat post? Or a light seat?

36 spokes out back and trimmed down axle?

Titanium spindle and micro sprocket? With a light chain?

I got mine a year ago and at first it was a nightmare to get it working properly. I had to open it four times until it was spot on, but since then I've only opened it to keep it clean and I am really happy with it.

@metalbmxer I'm not sure if you're ragging on me for being a weight watcher or being serious.


I have nothing super light, just Huck suppressor lites, 36 spokes and some of the light Frequency-G's.  Everything else is at least average to heavy weight.


I know I could use a seat too, I'm still using a old Primo that's built like a lazy boy and that's getting swapped out soon along with a new post.


The main thing bothering me was that when the rear end of the bike is in front of or beside me, it feels heavier than I'd like and there's almost a pound of useless weight in that hub.


There are a lot of things I'm not happy with on this bike, I'm just trying to work them out one by one before give up and trade it off.

I'm being 100% serious. Get a pivotal seat and post. Find the length you want it at and cut it just past the top tube. Get the smallest sprocket you can. I ride a nankai hub also, laced to a gsport birdcage with 18t profile sprocket, 140-145mm profile cranks with Ti spindle and tree pegs.

Also, make sure you have the Klyte version of the frequency G, and yeah if you have a whole bunch of axle sticking out why not trim it off? They make alloy axle nuts and alloy dust cap and Ti axle for the regular nankai, which could really help out. Is it the 3/8 technolite or 14mm bamboo that you have?

It's the old steel Nankai with 3/8 axle, not a Bamboo and all original steel hardware.


There is a little extra axle sticking out, but not enough to bother with.


I survived the 90's and 00's, so I'm worried about pounds not grams


You're totally right, but I just want to hit the things that make huge differences before I go broke.