...and they replied right away (impressive). They said Chris has a couple meetings in the upcoming month or so with potential manufacturers, but that they do not hold out much hope that anything will come of it. They have not found a manufacturer yet who was willing to tool up for a high end freewheel since the demand forecasts are nowhere near sufficient to justify it (they threw the number 50,000 pieces a year out there).
On Feb 15, 1:38 pm, William <[email protected]> wrote: > I went ahead and emailed VO to see if they've put freewheels on the > roadmap. The last serious mention of it was last summer when they > said it was NOT on the roadmap to make a quality freewheel (although > they did say 'if' a couple times). Here's a quote: > > "Frankly, there is no good reason to use freewheels over cassettes on > new bikes, other than a certain retro-cool factor." > > So there you go. Chris K also said in the same blog post that your > best bet is to buy old suntour or european ones, and that the IRD ones > they tried selling weren't good enough. Since they make and sell new > freewheel hubs, it seems like a natural extension, provided they are > well-made. > > On Feb 15, 12:51 pm, Garth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The IRD FW's failing have nothing to do with the lube or cleaning > > them. It's a well known issue they've had since they began making > > them. They keep claiming to have fixed the problems with each version, > > now up to Mark IV. > > I don't think it's a coincidence Riv stopped selling them . > > Harris Cycles still does, IRD made "new" ones last summer, the Mark > > IV. If they're still failing , Harris Cycles would here about it. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
