Careful with that Shimanopore freewheel if you've got an IRD-specific Phil hub. If you do, and if it works for you, then maybe I have some other issue (probably "installer error" though I can't see how right mow) that prevented it from working for me.
Creepily (to me, having grown up in a completely social-media-free era) I happen to recall that you have a 1st generation green 56cm Hillborne. I wonder if that being different from my early Waterford orange 60cm Hillborne might also affect the Shimanopore's fit for you vs me. It was that close. Even more creepily I happen to know enough about your weight that if you ever put on 50lbs and raise your handlebar a couple inches you might want to (re-)enter the freehub world with care. No one should have my experience. 'Course it could've just been karma; I am pretty evil. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Jun 8, 8:18 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > Well, I happen to like the Phil fw hub on my Sam Hillborne. Will > admit that it was done (a) because it was something I wanted, having > lusted after them in the 1980's, and (b) got an extremely good deal on > it. > > Would I do it again? Probably not. The rest of my bikes have > cassettes and am quite happy with them. Although am thinking that in > a few years the availability of 8 and 9 speed cassettes might be as > limited as 7 speed freewheels are currently. (Just received a > Shimanopore freewheel today from Rivendell. As backup.) > > Also, while I like the Shimano freewheel removal system, never did > like the SunTour version. Used to strip them on a regular basis. The > four pronger was better, but still not great. > > Oh, and while quill stems are just fine, don't have any problems with > a threadless system. Except they may be more prone to tinkering. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Jun 8, 6:21 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > > > On Jun 8, 4:55 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his. > > > > This situation has more layers of irony than a Dobos > > > Torte.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobos_torte > > > The torte looks yummy! > > > Yours, > > Thomas Lynn Skean -- 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.
