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So with BMX bikes, you have a choice between a cassette or a free coaster
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A cassette, you have to pedal backwards when you fakie. There's less slack and quicker engagement
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You know, most people ride cassettes when they're doing racing or they want to do tire taps
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They just like to have engagement. Free coasters, however, allow you to fakie backwards without pedaling
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So you can do backlashes and fakie manuals a lot easier and it just adds a different
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style to your riding. A lot of street riders are going to be riding a free coaster
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most park riders are riding a cassette. Obviously there's anomalies, but when you're buying a bike
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or when you're looking at upgrading your back wheel, you need to decide should I get a free
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coaster or should I get a cassette? And that's what Vinders asked in the discord. He says
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I want to get a new free coaster. What are some good ones? So if you've settled on a free coaster
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and you're wondering what some good free coasters are, I would say to not get a free coaster
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I know that's sounds counterproductive. What I instead what I would do is I would check out
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Planetary Hub and this is exactly what Kirk answered. Kirk's one of the mods and he gives
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great advice for everybody in the discord but he said get a Planetary. Kirk and I both have the
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BSD revolutions on our bikes and we love it. So what the Planetary Hub does is that it eliminates
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the slack that free coasters have but it still allows you to fakie without pedaling backwards and so it really a hybrid between a cassette and a free coaster and this is newer technology there are some bugs with
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it but really it's very reliable and i love it it is so nice to be able to pedal and not have a bunch
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of slack and then land backwards into a fakie 180 tail webs and 180 bar spins have been a lot easier
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for me since switching over to a planetary hub because i love not pedaling backwards and if you're
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looking at the planetary there are tons of options. Colony has an option, BSD has the revolution
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Alienation has their own version and I think more brands are going to come out with more
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And so if that's something that interests you, check out those instead of a free coaster
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If you're still considering a free coaster and you just want a good free coaster
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I think the We the People hybrid is a good option because you can switch it between free coaster
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and cassette and a cheap option is the Odyssey Clutch free coaster. I've ridden both of these
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free coasters. I like them both a lot and I trust them. But if you're looking at free coasters
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really consider a planetary before you make that decision. I think you'll be really happy having a
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planetary. Now this question came from my BMX nerds Discord. This Discord is a free Discord with over
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800 like-minded BMX riders. Everybody in there wants you to progress, wants you to be better at
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riding bikes, and if you're not in the Discord, you're definitely missing out. So click the link
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in the description join the free discord and we'll see you guys in the next video
