Left Side For Right Side Drive - The Great BMX Debate

In today's Tech Thursday with Epic BMX (@_Epicbmx) Phu Vu walks us through the differences between A Left Hand Drive vs A Traditional Right Hand Drivetrain for your BMX Bike.
Left Side For Right Side Drive - The Great BMX Debate
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[@dennisd4452]

Back in my day we just jumped off curbs and raced down the street. So many changes since the early 80’s.

[@draleigh8881]

Man, people are sleepin on the Fit Sleeper! For street it's probably the best frame geometry. Ethan thought of everything.

[@eddiestone7610]

Nice, I like that BTM XL frame. It sits up higher which I like but I run a Sunday Nightshift and it’s pretty awesome geometry for me. I like the higher stand over so you can raise the seat higher and it doesn’t look so goofy.

[@DuhYaThink]

BSD Safari does it for me👍🏻and a Grime set up.

[@FauteuxCustomDrums]

What? No mention of which foot forward you ride dictating your preferred grinding side & what side drive you run? Don't most people grind on their front foot side? You should do a survey.

[@cjwood2407]

Switching the clutch and driver to change driveside in a freecoaster is possible sometimes if you get lucky, but in some cases the coned ring that the clutch seats to when engaged will unthread itself from the hubshell and lock it up.

[@helium5912]

Nah. Literally freecoaters that have rhd and lhd

[@themocho]

Very good information thank you for sharing

[@themocho]

Really good information thank you for Sharing

[@igormartins9160]

Man,just thanks a lot because you was the only one that i find that did this kinda of video,thanks man appreciate that

[@hectorn.6137]

I picked up a set of those Blunt cranks in raw/gloss. Priced to kill the comp, 48spl, 24mm hollow spindle, flush fitting hollow bolts, smooth for the ankles, etc. The best value out there for cranks as far as I'm concerned.

[@jeremiefitzpatrick9722]

Great video again bros❤️ I grind lefty so my switch is right side, so I run right hand drive only. But did teach my self how to do switch pretty decent like on a toothpick grind. Never tried a rail yet just street curbs or bench's 😂

[@jacobbrewer5803]

Killer bikes, (love the first left drive redone) I myself go left drive for the soul purpose of it being different. Lol.

[@dennisd4452]

Merry Christmas and Hanukkah to all. Peace all. Thx Phu and Alfredo.

[@revvolutionz]

Much love Dennis

[@tonysheene6399]

Interesting facts ! Thanks 🙏

[@andrewmcallister4151]

I have an old school Cassette, it came off of a mongoose Brawler of all things, but when you pull the cassette out, you can flip the pawls around for LHD.

[@haromirra21]

The cinema vx3 is ambidextrous

[@raphaelilagan4749]

"I'm your friend?" shit made me laugh really hard LOL.

[@casta-TV]

Backround music hella chill

[@AlfredoMancuso]

Thank you sir :)

[@adamsifford6228]

Do you remember the bash gaurd I honestly thought that was the future to do grinds under the crank...

[@NATE-sn6nx]

Finally you get a new camera

[@phi12]

Kink made one called the eastcoaster. A couple of other companies did a coaster to based off its internals. They had a DCT >dual threaded clutch.

[@JorgeChavez-du5vm]

Lol that's DTC because DCT is dual clutch transmission.

[@phi12]

@@JorgeChavez-du5vm no kink has one that the threaded the clutch to take both left and right side drive drivers. Its DTC stands for dual threaded clutch, oh phone auto corrected.

[@JorgeChavez-du5vm]

@@phi12 I'm glad that you mentioned it since I'm looking for parts to start building a new set of wheels.

[@phi12]

@@JorgeChavez-du5vm there is like 2 other companies that made a DTC freecoaster. I think colony made one.

[@johnnymitzner4707]

I just bent my brand new sprocket yesterday doing a double peg

[@AlfredoMancuso]

Ouch 🙆🏻‍♂️

[@chryslertechnician3439]

Best channel on KZbin

[@AlfredoMancuso]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@pauljames4510]

I’ve always seen if your left foot forward your right hand drive if you’re right foot forward your left hand drive but you get goofy riders that ride left foot forward with left-hand drive but Grind on the right And same the other way right foot forward right hand drive Grind on the left is goofy again 👍🚲💨

[@1075austin]

Eclat pulse is switchable as its sds (the ratchet ring is removable)

[@rtz549]

Do product videos showing what you have in stock. Frames, tires, etc.

[@flyinsaucer138]

Good to see Phu in good health and good spirits. Merry Christmas to the entire @_Epicbmx fam

[@Palpac]

My old primo pro hub cassette had flippable paws. It's probably close to 20 years old now.

[@eatmysalt291]

I grind on my right side mostly. Still have a right side drivetrain. I’ve never ran into any serious problems with hitting my sprocket unintentionally.

[@nannepijl4488]

I want to practice grinding. do you think i should try to grind the driver side?

[@eatmysalt291]

@@nannepijl4488 throw some hub guards on it if you’re worried about damaging it and you’ll be good to go

[@nannepijl4488]

@@eatmysalt291 oke thanks!

[@helium5912]

@@eatmysalt291 Its for the Sprocket.

[@Zemi.Andersen]

I have snapped a few chains cause of this, and enden up bending my OG sprocket when I failed a smith grind on a rail. Bought a guarded steel sprocket, and never had any issues since.

[@aaronwhite5206]

So I’m used to the right hand drive cause that is how they came when I was younger but I grind more on the right side cause I have my right foot forward so with that being said should I switch to left hand drive then or should I keep my right hand drive

[@jaredgriffin23]

Eclat Pulse hub is left side or right side drive.. As well as the Cinema VX2 hub that I have

[@randycollins2607]

Marry Christmas 🎄 guys

[@eddiestone7610]

Wethepeople and Eclat used to have a switch cassette hub too. Not sure if they still do but I run left hand drive. Been using it since 2007 ever since I got my first Odyssey cassette with a Midway rim. Lol y’all remember the Midway? I think it was the first gen Hazard cassette hub.

[@imdoodrandom]

My left ear loved this

[@quentinhill9041]

The Odyssey C5 does also

[@kirkwickham3336]

We don't really have bike stores like Phu's in Australia, with all the parts on display. I'd love to come into your store so I can see everything in person and put my hands on it all! Plenty of companies making switchable cassettes but I couldn't think of a switchable freecoaster. I have a left-hand drive Revolution but I don't think you can switch the internals.

[@bigtaco8070]

The new cinema coaster

[@kimoarmstrong3519]

All standard free coasters are flippable if you replace most of the guts!

[@Nanoscape30]

The red bikes tires I think are ruben Alcantara tires if I'm not mistaken maybe maybe not still my favorite tires of all time....

[@eyeseayew189]

WTP Arrow cassette is also switchable.

[@pauljames4510]

WTP do a hub that you can change from freecoaster to cassette it’s called the Hybrid hub 🚲💨

[@frankcarrion1011]

Yo Ethan an awesome 😎 dude.. humble guy fr

[@frankcastle3827]

I would be more interested if you guys modernized an old 2003 haro bike!

[@alexmoneymaker1porter153]

I have the fit sleeper 21 inch bike is the best bike in the business I'd buy another one in a couple of years

[@LordGerickCinco]

The eastern birectional hub is switchable too

[@prayarcher]

Can we get a video on the Haro Blammo😁

[@rabbithole8592]

I just bought a Wtp battleship and i think the drive train is on the wrong side for me. Its on the left but i ride left foot forward. I can ride it goofy but it makes grinding harder cuz ill be off balance and my weight wont be centred.

[@DeadSailorGang]

lets get a comparison and explanation of the BSD orbital, Colony Swarm, and Profile Z coaster.

[@j.fisher8369]

All SDS hubs have the feature of variant drive side.

[@eezad4079]

Pretty early today eh Alf hahaha🤟

[@illwarez899]

18 HOURS AND ZERO DISLIKE

[@cjwood2407]

There are many switchable cassettes out, Eclat did it with the pulse hub years ago, Macneil Network cassettes still are as just a couple examples..

[@tall_times]

Yeah the Cult cassette is also flippable.

[@XxdarkentityxX]

Also eastern bi-rectional

[@tall_times]

@@XxdarkentityxX Eastern still makes stuff?

[@prayarcher]

2001 Haro Mirra "Flair" was the first produced lhd

[@mayrlong5039]

😮😅 I will be a LHD because when I get on my bike I use the left side pedal to start pedaling.

[@tonysheene6399]

Maybe some advice on how to safely stop on a brakes bike ?

[@slaye97]

Can you do a review on planetary freecoasters

[@mileshinz4640]

The kink east coaster can be switched from rhd to lhd

[@greenq4369]

Subrosa letum 2022 !!!

[@firefallcreations8929]

YES

[@nathanscott988]

Isn't the tall order drone hub ambidextrous as well

[@ericcooper2174]

I run a left hand drive because I got a killer deal on a eclat LHD rear hub….. sprockets are so small now that their out of the way anyways

[@chancecsmith]

Most free coasters are ambidextrous. All you have to do is swap out the driver and the clutch for the direction you want.

[@threesomemist9148]

Profile came out with the first left hand drive hubs

[@matthewwayneday1688]

Alfredo Mancuso Fatality made a sds rear cassette hub as I was going to get one

[@bigtaco8070]

The cinema coaster can flip with one piece swap

[@juanfo7307]

Make a video about brake position and why ubrakes vs vbrakes

[@AlfredoMancuso]

solid point!

[@NiteJerk]

My bike got stolen again. What's the cheapest BMX complete setup I can do right about now. That's a good idea for a video.

[@jamiewalker9501]

cult also does a switch able cassette hub

[@RedMoonWolf125]

Cinema fx 2 free coaster is lhd convertible

[@nineoneoh]

as a road bike and fixie rider I have been obsession over this left drive idea lately, I've only really seen it on BMX bikes, sweet video thanks for the upload

[@thomasgillam8917]

Phu really does know his sht!

[@ra-a_tsukuyomigt9298]

More EPIC BMX

[@rinxxen]

Can i just flip everything a turn RHD TO LHD?

[@thecannabiskidfortier6219]

There is something I've been wondering for years, has anyone put both drive trains on their bike?

[@eddiestone7610]

I don’t think you can. It would require a cassette with 2 drive sides which none of them do. Unless you can machine it to have 2 then it would probably work. A flip flop hub, you could put both sides on but one would go forward and one go backward.

[@thecannabiskidfortier6219]

@@eddiestone7610 actually if you use a flip flop freewheel hubs one side would be for left and one for the right. They do make left hand freewheels. If you don't know what a freewheel is, it threads onto the hub instead of going inside the hub.

[@eddiestone7610]

@@thecannabiskidfortier6219 oh okay. Didn’t know they made left hand freewheels. So in answer the guys question it sounds like yes with flip flop lol.

[@1075austin]

heres your thought in action kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJCxfn2neLirlZo

[@jda79]

The cult cassette can be left or right

[@SilverPony44]

Cinema vx2 and 3 cassette

[@jonathansinger_]

I believe it was cinema but they made a free coaster where the clutch was dual threaded and all you need to switch the hub to the other side drive is a driver instead of a whole new hub

[@ChromeSalvationBMX]

Great debate? It's RIGHT all day bruv!!!

[@sebastianzamudio76]

The cinema fx2 Freecoaster can be rhd and Lhd by swapping the driver

[@aquatricksstudio3066]

Now i know.. 👍🏻

[@norwin2791]

I used a spline drive sprocket because my cranks supports only the right drive..

[@juanfo7307]

I had a built Blammo and lost it when it got stolen at shankpoint at least I kept my life

[@xexmatu7s]

You should go on Housphone’s new show disconnected

[@OlExtraRegularBass]

Was that someone the Wright brothers?

[@ianybanez6884]

Left speaker or right speaker, the great Phu debate.

[@silentsilence5785]

wouldn't having the sprocket on the dominant power leg give better control as well

[@helium5912]

WOnt matter

[@littygamer1659]

I bet Alfredo won't heart this

[@revvolutionz]

He will

[@Mc-Derpulous]

Im sorry but ive been grinding on my right since 98. You gotta consoder what side of youre body is dominant, mine being right, i just cant do the lhd for the life of me.

[@nattycup]

Speaking of Left and RIght: Mix the audio down to mono, if your stereo recording sucks. nowadays people use almost exclusively headphones to listen to clips and that directional mic left/right panning is horrible in almost any situation, escpecially with heavy spoken word content.

[@shredderdan2850]

Has anyone heard of SIN BMX? They had videos from years ago but I have a SIN TWIST back wheel and it rips. I’ve never really heard of this brand but does anybody know anything about it?

[@AlfredoMancuso]

What year was this?

[@beliconn]

Can’t you just switch the cranks to the other side and that should make it left hand drive?

[@adamsifford6228]

I'm am left handed man living in a right hand man's world.

[@mattaguirre7123]

Cult make a switchable cassette wheel. i have it.

[@angelramos5783]

Can't you just flip the whole wheel to the other side ? Would it work ?

[@eddiestone7610]

If you switch the wheel to the other side, then you can only pedal backwards and you will go backwards. When you pedal forward it’s not gonna engage, you will essentially be back pedaling, only in forward motion.

[@angelramos5783]

@@eddiestone7610 exellent answer dude 🤘🏻

[@heithorlucas9348]

Can't you just flip the crank set from the right to the left ?

[@PropagndaX]

LHD because I’m almost 30 😂😂

[@adamsifford6228]

Can't I put my crank on the other side?

[@sidelinebmx5747]

mic issues?

[@jonsmokerkees4146]

We The People make one

[@adamsifford6228]

Imizs5 the old schoo6 bmx

[@Wepen935k]

When will you guys have a custom complete build by Ethan and sell it. #AMCmoongang

[@williamwagstaff]

Wethpeople make amazing convertible lhd and rhd cassettes

[@markoley7681]

F Alfredo!