Man i think i'm freaked out enough now by these IRD failures that i need to swap out the one that i have on my SH before my next camping trip...
On Jun 7, 12:47 pm, james black <chocot...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 03:35, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 20:43 -0700, james black wrote: > >> Why must we dump our freewheels, a technology which in my experience > >> has always performed flawlessly as intended, just because freehubs > >> make for better engineering? > > > One reason might be that freewheels NEVER "performed flawlessly". > > I understand the advantages of cassettes, but let me emphasize the "in > my experience" part of my statement above - I have used freewheels for > years personally without any problems. Freehubs may work better, but > freewheels have worked pretty well too, at least if you can avoid the > factors that lead to problems (like crap IRD freewheels, axle-bending > wide spacing, heavily loaded bikes, etc.). > > There is also a question of economy. Obviously choosing a Phil or > White freewheel hub and new IRD freewheels is not a bargain choice; > but for us bottomfeeders it is still very easy and inexpensive to > acquire a decent freewheel hub and functional freewheel (either an > older Suntour or a new production Shimano). I would generally spend > more on a freehub setup than I would on a freewheel setup (which I > would choose without reservation if I were equipping, for example, a > bike with 120mm dropouts and a five-speed cogset). > > James Black -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
