Freewheel axles also tended to bend and/or break because the drive-side bearings were farther inboard on freewheel hubs than on cassette hubs. He could have been referring to that.
Anton On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 10:43:25 AM UTC-4, Matthew J wrote: > > Good post except I wish the blogger were more clear on what he means by > freewheel hubs making less robust wheel. > > Most likely the reference is that most multi-speed freewheel hubs on the > market today are lower budget. There are many a wheel built with freewheel > hubs from the day by the likes of Phil Wood and MaxiCar with many years and > tens of thousands of miles on them. > > And for those looking to do single speed touring, I know for a fact Rich > Lesnik will recommend White Industries Eno freewheel hubs. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
