Actually, was using freehubs when I weighed well over 300 pounds. On those bikes, the handlebars were right around saddle height. Never have liked the bars too low. Only problem was spoke breakage due to a poor factory build.
Don't believe my Phil is IRD specific. It's the shiny Rivendell model from a few years ago. Will double check, but don't believe there is a clearance issue on either side. The present freewheel is also a Shimanopore. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jun 8, 8:34 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
