Cassette or coaster: need help deciding

based on nothing, i am guessing you would eventually regret the change and wish you had your coaster.

Usually i prefer cassette. But if i am just doing more flat stuff coaster is better for certain things. I ride entirely different on one. I go from doing really technical and pedal pressure-y things to doing some really smooth simple lines on a coaster.

Now i really genuinely prefer a cassette after about a year overall on a coaster. I don't like how weak the coasters are, i don't like how they aren't 14mm female, etc, etc. Now don't get me wrong, they will hold up for a while, but nothing except maybe the Clutch coaster could hold as strong as my ratchet.

I like being able to hop on my bike whenever and NOT having to worry about slack or if i landed too weird on it or the next time i ought to grease it. So there is that. And this is also solved by the Clutch coaster because i can adjust the slack when I don't want to have it like that. But this is still not what I want.

Cassette has it's downfalls, sure fakie lines are harder, but not full and five cabs! Crank flips are more feasible, and all that. but i like having that pedal pressure that i can count on basically. Plus riding park is nice when you can go to pedal and not worry about slack like if you get cut off by a little kid and you can give it a crank and not worry about slack.

So yeah, there are a lot of different things going on. It's really just what You like and feel. If you can ride better on cassette (after you have truly gotten used to it) that's fine!

Why choose ?
2 backwheels is the way to go.
So much funny things to do with a coaster, and also so much funny things to do with a cassette.
Ride the one you enjoy the most at the time and change sometimes to freshen up your riding !

I have two back wheels. One is a Cult Match v1 cassette laced to a Cinema 777 and the other is a Demolition Rotator laced to a Cinema 777. Whenever I want to run a cassette, I put the cassette wheel on. When I am feeling coaster, I put my coaster wheel on. I think that is a great way to get the best of both worlds.

Now let me ask you about that driver warranty....I didn't think there was any warranty on the driver? I didn't get a warranty card with mine but I also just ordered it from Dans. Does my driver have some type of warranty? If so, what is this warranty? I am only asking because I know of someone who blew up their Demolition driver and we didn't think there was a warranty so he paid like $65 for a Freemix driver.

Stocksy wrote:

I have two back wheels. One is a Cult Match v1 cassette laced to a Cinema 777 and the other is a Demolition Rotator laced to a ...more

Stocksy wrote:

I have two back wheels. One is a Cult Match v1 cassette laced to a Cinema 777 and the other is a Demolition Rotator laced to a Cinema 777. Whenever I want to run a cassette, I put the cassette wheel on. When I am feeling coaster, I put my coaster wheel on. I think that is a great way to get the best of both worlds.

Now let me ask you about that driver warranty....I didn't think there was any warranty on the driver? I didn't get a warranty card with mine but I also just ordered it from Dans. Does my driver have some type of warranty? If so, what is this warranty? I am only asking because I know of someone who blew up their Demolition driver and we didn't think there was a warranty so he paid like $65 for a Freemix driver.

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there is a warranty on the whole wheel, but since i had had the wheel for a bit over a year josh clemens said it was sorta to be expected but he could hook me up with a crash replacement driver

6802 driver bearing=10+ dollars depending on where you get it (backordered on dans)
crash replacement driver: 27 shipped

id rather have a brand new driver for like 15$ more, that way i dont have to hammer shattered bearing races out of my driver, plus the needle bearing will be fresh af

I'm stoked on my demolition rotator , but I've only been riding coaster this season , it's fun but 14 years of cassette I cant lie has its benefits to

Try riding a bike without a chain on

I love my coaster, I honestly can't see myself going back to a cassette in the foreseeable future.

learn to half cab a cassette then, if that's really the only thing keeping you from getting what you like.. silence/smooth fakies are more of a convenience. ..which is how I look at freecoasters, they're more convenient for certain types riding. Some combos/obstacles are just better done with a coaster.

Get what you feel will compliment your current riding style best, and think about getting another wheel later on, since you know for sure you like riding both anyway.

BMXism wrote:

learn to half cab a cassette then, if that's really the only thing keeping you from getting what you like.. silence/smooth ...more

BMXism wrote:

learn to half cab a cassette then, if that's really the only thing keeping you from getting what you like.. silence/smooth fakies are more of a convenience. ..which is how I look at freecoasters, they're more convenient for certain types riding. Some combos/obstacles are just better done with a coaster.

Get what you feel will compliment your current riding style best, and think about getting another wheel later on, since you know for sure you like riding both anyway.

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I can half cab on a cassette just fine. It sucks however that I can't go fast at something and half cab off like I can with a coaster. I think I might just get two wheels, not much harm in that.

After being on a coaster and going to cassette I think I'll stay with a cassette .

I learned fullcabs in 3 days after being on a bike with them , and they're easy and fun to do with pedal pressure . I rely on it. The momentum of a cassette is comfortable when spinning out of grinds as well compared to a coaster . I can also do every fake line I could on a coaster with my cassette now .

Brayden_Buckingham wrote:

After being on a coaster and going to cassette I think I'll stay with a cassette .

I learned fullcabs in 3 days after being ...more

Brayden_Buckingham wrote:

After being on a coaster and going to cassette I think I'll stay with a cassette .

I learned fullcabs in 3 days after being on a bike with them , and they're easy and fun to do with pedal pressure . I rely on it. The momentum of a cassette is comfortable when spinning out of grinds as well compared to a coaster . I can also do every fake line I could on a coaster with my cassette now .

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I'm just like you, after a while on the coaster, i just "broke" the hub shell, so I'm back on the cassette (I have two backwheels) and it´s funny to do all the lines I usually do with my coaster, also I have learn full and 5 cabs on a coaster, it´s funny to also do them on a cassette, the feeling is different with pedal pressure.

So I will stick with my cassette wheel (no choice tho) and enjoy it, but I still hope to get my coaster alive soon, I really enjoy coaster riding, you can even cruise around the street backwards, and fakie hops and fakie manuals are fun as fuck with them.