White Industries ENO 16t BMX Freewheel - 3/32" - USA Made
$ 115.90
In 2002 Doug White decided the world needed a better freewheel. Until then singlespeeders seemed to be content not knowing if their freewheel would last a week or a year, or fail a mile away from home or hundreds of miles. But what was certain was failure. Overnight the ENO freewheel became the standard to measure everything else against.
Starting with a driver made from heat treated 4130 steel that houses 3 heat treated S7 tool steel pawls, we add an 8620 steel case-hardened and electroless nickel-plated outer gear turning on an Enduro chromium steel bearing. White Ind. basically designed all the weak links out of the system. And because everything wears out eventually, they designed them to be rebuildable.
ENO freewheels feature 36 points of engagementand the freewheel bearings are ABEC 3 grade, are made from chromium steel, and use a special Mobil XHP222 extra high pressure grease.
Note: This White Ind. freewheels can only use 3/32” chains. Because of the size of the driver and the bearings inside the gear, we are limited in how small we can make the diameter of the base of the gear. On the 16T you’ll notice a groove machined on the base next to the teeth which is needed to clear even a 3/32” chain. For an 1/8” chain that groove would need to be a bit deeper to allow the chain to fully seat down on the teeth but we can’t make the groove deeper without sacrificing the strength of the gear. Running an 1/8” chain will prematurely wear out the chain and gear.