I am collecting parts to customise my Wabi Special from Wabi Cycles. This is a 17 tooth White Industries ENO freewheel. I could not justify spending $110 on a freewheel on my other cheap singlespeeds, Bumblebee and Wonder Woman; but I can on my beautiful Wabi Special that I have named Tigger. Thanks to Gear Shop Brisbane for supplying the freewheel.

My plan is to mate the 17 tooth freewheel with a 52 tooth chainring. The 52/17 combination will effectively give me the same gear ratio (80.4 gear inches) as using a 46/15 chainring/freewheel combination (80.6 gear inches). This is one tooth up on the 46/16 combination that I am currently riding. Freewheels generally only come in 16/17/18 teeth, so purchasing a 15 tooth freewheel was not an option.

For the record, the 17 tooth White Industries ENO freewheel weighs in at 174 grams on my wife’s kitchen scales.

White Industries ENO freewheel 17 tooth