Colony Swarm Freecoaster BMX Hub - Planetary Coaster Inner Workings

[@kirkwickham3336]

I have 2 BSD Revolutions and find their performance to be impressive after trialling various free coasters over the past 3 decades that all shared similar technology to one another. I love the new clutch system Planetary came up with and it's great to see Colony have adopted their tech. Love the RRP you guys have set but wish it also came in polished. Keep them cones tight, boys!

[@ColonyBMXBrand]

Thanks mate, glad you're stoked on the hubs.

[@NeilLB7]

Unless I’m mistaken the technology is not by BSD. The research, engineering and development is by Free Knight. BSD adopted the tech just the same.

[@kirkwickham3336]

@@NeilLB7 Planetary, which I mentioned, IS the Free Night, lol.

[@NeilLB7]

FreeNight (the company name) makes a planetary coaster called “Planetary Coaster”. Named so because it uses a planet gear arrangement in the clutch mechanism. When you wrote “planetary”…I read that as the style of gear arrangement found in the clutch…not a business name. Either way…all good. I hope I like them. Been wanting one for a long time.

[@kirkwickham3336]

@@NeilLB7 Right on. I'd be surprised if you don't like it once getting used to it.

[@nightriderbmxshop6768]

Great video! Also important is to align the clutch's outer "spline" inside the hub shell before inserting the driver.

[@NeilLB7]

I’m building a new 20” which will be my 5th BMX as a 49 year old rider. A planetary has been in my sights for some time. And since Colony did such a good job explaining the hub disassembly…I will order a Colony Swarm and a Colony Wasp front hub for this build. Good job.

[@ColonyBMXBrand]

Thanks Neil, good to hear!

[@BiffcheeseSpinoccoli]

Just got one. Gonna compare it to my Revolution, Venus, Fiend, and FreeNight.

[@AmazingChinaToday]

Sweet hub, we need a 16 tooth cog ⚙️ to run 44/16 on the older bikes. Would buy it tomorrow if it had a 16 tooth driver.

[@davidnagy771]

This stuff come from the furute? I love it.

[@swahobi]

Hi there, i just bought the colony swarm. Its my first planetary hub, need mor riders videos while doing fakie. Cause sometime its randomly engage. Cheers from indonesia

[@eltiobocho4205]

So sick

[@SuperMatiz]

Sup guys- do I understood correctly? This o-ring is responsible for clutch mechanism friction? (needed to work, looks like this issue cannot be solved...)

[@BigTree412]

We need some team rider clips using the hub

[@mihalespinglae642]

Bought one but mine isn’t working and I tried anything (less chain tension, more tension, disassembly und reassembly). Engages just like a normal freecoaster. Sometimes even earlier. To whom can I talk about it ?

[@G-w-o-o-d-d]

Just ordered one, are they quiet like all coasters or have a cassette sound?

[@ColonyBMXBrand]

Like a quiet cassette hub.

[@rtz549]

What is the factory lubricant? For Future maintenance; should the internals be cleaned up and coated with either a Teflon or silicone dry lube?

[@ColonyBMXBrand]

Dry lube would be best mate.

[@alekseymorozov3917]

How long do I need spokes to put colony swarm in the rim of GSPORT BIRDCAGE ?

[@ColonyBMXBrand]

When lacing this to our Colony Pintour/Contour rims in 3 cross, we use 182mm spokes on drive side and 184mm non drive side. So it's most likely the same but you might have to compare the rims to see if there is much difference but probably not.

[@alekseymorozov3917]

@@ColonyBMXBrand

[@kar1m706]

Это же как bsd revolution? Или это обычный фрикостер?

[@shareabike-shareasmile]

There's no way to have these running with the noise of a cassette?

[@lewishughes3914]

Just curious… Any particular reason for no grease? I’ve ran a BSD Revolution since they came out and I’ve slapped loads of grease in mine to keep it quiet and I’ve never had an issue

[@traxxasrc10]

The o ring needs to grab the axle so the whole clutch unit doesn’t move when you go to pedal forward. I’ve never seen the free knight internals and bsd revolution either so idk about those

[@lewishughes3914]

@@traxxasrc10 they’re all planetary hubs so they all have the same internals..

[@pauljames1978]

When is it available in the UK?

[@ColonyBMXBrand]

Hopefully very soon, we'll do our best to find out more.

[@jvstin4958]

I have a loud squeak / creak when I pedal

[@russellshumway2766]

Danscomp KZbin video suggests putting dry lube on the O-ring to eliminate the squeek if it occurs.

[@maxevo7054]

I bought this freecoaster and it creaks very loudly, does anyone have the same problem?

[@nightriderbmxshop6768]

It means there is too much friction, so it's OK to use a bit of chain lube. No need to take apart the clutch itself, just remove the driver and spray a little on the clutch.

[@jvstin4958]

@@nightriderbmxshop6768 I’m gonna try this

[@rud3785]

i have this exact coaster and i get no pedal pressure when going forwards, o-ring looks fine and my cone nuts are tight. anyone got ideas?

[@nightriderbmxshop6768]

Is there a cassette sound? Is the clutch in its place inside the hub shell (that spline)? Did you clean the extra oil from the spacer?

[@rud3785]

@@nightriderbmxshop6768 its working better now, repalced the o-ring but i just dont have any cassette sounds, just sounds like a free coaster

[@nightriderbmxshop6768]

​@@rud3785 cool, the spacer can look dry sometimes but has residue, so just make sure its nice and clean, and also that the cones are tight on both sides.

[@3rdWorldNola]

Crazy as my old coaster was more grease the better n if you tightened the cone nuts, it won't spin.

[@ColonyBMXBrand]

Yeah, it's a completely different way of how a coaster works.

[@PatericoFallico]

One take veteran!

[@ColonyBMXBrand]

Hahaha, not quite.

[@PatericoFallico]

@@ColonyBMXBrand haha!

[@porkymilwaukee]

Hub doesn’t wana engage, cone nuts tight, have added no grease, literally brand new and it’s not working

[@ColonyBMXBrand]

Sorry to hear that, can you email the guys so they can look into it for you.... [e-mail]

[@supernoobsmith5718]

I appreciate the video. But there is a major contradiction. One I've seen before. Don't grease it....but it comes with grease. And when you clean it....don't grease it....even though it came with grease. So which is it? Why are there little gobs of grease on there if we're not supposed to clean it? Yes, there can be residual dirty grease after wiping it....so is that supposed to be the plan? Never properly clean it, and let it run with the dirty residual grease? I'm fine with that, if those are the instructions....however, that is not clear.

[@aurteekay6339]

There is a tiny amount of grease on only the pawls and then a dry lubricant on one single piece of the clutch to help with friction which is why it looks like there’s grease on the inside near the clutch it’s dry lubricant like tri Flo and usually only a drop is used

[@charlieszablewski830]

Dont use grease use vaseline instead as its under no load

[@seangoff9578]

When the guy says having "Any grease, or too much grease will mess it up". 🤣🤣 Too much grease falls under the same designation as ANY grease. Once you've said "ANY" there is no more need for additional designations like a lot, too much, too little or ANYthing.else because ALL quantities of grease recommended, have already been addressed in the statement "ANY". Its just how English works.

[@codywhitehead]

I still don't fully understand how this witchcraft works lol

[@ColonyBMXBrand]

Definitely different to the normal freecoaster setup but it works well.