How does a freewheel hub differ from a cassette hub on a BMX?

Question

How does a freewheel hub differ from a cassette hub on a BMX?

Answer 1

Here is the difference.

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Answer 2

Ignore what that dude above put, thats for a mountain bike!!

A freewheel screws onto your hub and the smallest you can get is a 12t made by DK also quite a lot of people run a 13t made by odyssey. 12t and 13t freewheels can only fit on flip flop hubs (the thread on the flipflop hubs are smaller than a freewheel hub)

A cassette hub has a seperate driver that you just push into the hub shell, turn it untill it locks and then tighten you cone nuts against it. cassette drivers come in 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 most popular being 9 and 10.

its kinda hard to explain just writing about it, but i tried.

Answer 3

freewheel hubs can only be removed using a special tool, cassette hubs can be easily removed by unscrewing something. Freewheel cogs only go from 13 tooth upwards and i think cassette can go from 8 tooth all the way up to the maximum tooth but I'm not 100% about that. Cassette hubs are a more expensive than freewheel.