I have two freewheel-equipped bikes. On both, a 7-speed freewheel would be perfect. I'd run the same range I have now-- 13-28 (or 29). In my experience, I very seldom use the 13t cog (it's only for very fast downhills, when I'm usually coasting anyway), so a 12t would get used even less. Starting at 13t gives me one more choice in the range between high and low gears.
--Eric N Sent from the iPad 2 On Jul 11, 2011, at 2:54 PM, William <[email protected]> wrote: > Some of us still run freewheels on a subset of our bikes. It's pretty much a > unanimous opinion that today's production freewheels are not as good as they > used to be. I see a lot of message board requests to companies urging them > to step up and fill the void. In a perfect world, I wish the old cog-board > 100% custom freewheel process could be resurrected, but I don't know if that > is realistic. > > My hypothetical question is: If a manufacturer stepped up and offered > exactly one model of multigear freewheel in exactly one size what would you > want it to be? Assume you can replace worn out cogs, but that in the first > pass, there would be no cog options at all. > > For me, it would be for my 126mm rear-ended steel road-ish bikes, to work > with a compact double, so I'd want to buy a 7-speed 12-28. If White > Industries, for example, made this for <$200, but it was the quality of their > Eno/Dos freewheels, I'd be interested. > > What would you want to buy? > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/ZjRqC9743ZkJ. > 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. -- 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.
