Never mind.

Posted on Mon 24th, May 2010

• #1

Nef

it have missed something glaringly obvious.
• #2

DFP

The latter.

Tell me this nefarious, what would you expect the "torque arm" to accomplish for a fixed wheel?

(I assume you mean the arm on a coaster hub which attaches to the frame)
• #3

EEI

what would you expect the "torque arm" to accomplish for a fixed wheel?

I would keep the wheel from spinning.
• #4

Nef

so indeed, i have suffered a miscommunication, as i was told the function of a torque arm was to stop the hub from moving forward - something i didn't understand and rightfully so as it makes no sense.

i'll go crawl back under a rock.
• #5

EEI

But if there was an arm attached to the cog which would spin around, and if you fitted a little hinge which would open when hit by the arm when you pedal forward, but stayed closed when the arm spins in the opposite direction (like a one way cat flap). Now, it could make a kind of a brake.
• #6

StandardPractice
• #7

MaxC

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