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You can get these Kore coaster cogs in 12T and 13T allows you to go down to a 25T sprocket if your chainstays are relatively straight otherwise the chain will smack it.
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A 36 w/a normal sprocket in back would be great ON the beach, but you might have to pedal like a maniac to get there. :lol: One of those tiny rears just mentioned might be the ticket if you go that small up front. They're just held in place w/a snap ring.
80's resto rat said:
The cog itself goes right on but the snap ring that comes with them is burley and hard to get on, I usually just go to Ace hardware and get a lighter/thinner one.
BTW you can get these cogs for a couple of bucks plus a couple of bucks shipping on ebay from "bikewagon" that also has a website maybe same deal, dealt with them for a bunch of stuff fast ship, no problems.
i have two 80's huffy cruisers with stock 44tooth chainrings, the other common being 46tooth for mainly murrays. as for regearing it, how high or low do ya wanna go? obviously the larger up front, the higher the gear as well as the smaller on the rear wheel, the higher the gear will be. my lajolla has a 36tooth (on a 3pc crank 
) with a 16 tooth out back, and that gives me very similar gearing to my 09' cranbrook with a 44tooth chainring and 19tooth stock cog, that i swapped out with a 20tooth to lower the gear just a little. the changing of the rear cog will change the gearing of the bike faster than changing the chainring, tooth for tooth. 16tooth is about the smallest ive found for a standard coaster wheel, although im sure a 15 or even 14 may exist to go right on without any mods. wanna go fast and never climb a hill without standing on it or walking the bike, go with a 48 or 50tooth chainring and a 16tooth cog setup. wanna scale a pine tree, get a 36 or better yet 34, 32 or even a 28tooth chainring and 22tooth cog. a 46 or 48tooth chainring on a 3pc crank spider would look sick with either a 19 or 20tooth cog. have fun.
) with a 16 tooth out back, and that gives me very similar gearing to my 09' cranbrook with a 44tooth chainring and 19tooth stock cog, that i swapped out with a 20tooth to lower the gear just a little. the changing of the rear cog will change the gearing of the bike faster than changing the chainring, tooth for tooth. 16tooth is about the smallest ive found for a standard coaster wheel, although im sure a 15 or even 14 may exist to go right on without any mods. wanna go fast and never climb a hill without standing on it or walking the bike, go with a 48 or 50tooth chainring and a 16tooth cog setup. wanna scale a pine tree, get a 36 or better yet 34, 32 or even a 28tooth chainring and 22tooth cog. a 46 or 48tooth chainring on a 3pc crank spider would look sick with either a 19 or 20tooth cog. have fun.
