In my experience with the Phil freewheel hub you would be hard pessed to bend the axle. Other styles of freewheel hub, particularly thin axle cup andd cone bearings, you will not have such strength. In this case you are looking at phil so it is a non-issue.
My IRD freewheels run near silent compared to the freehubs, either shimano or white bros. The sound of scilence is wonderful, and the freewheels have held up just fine and engage without problems etc. for over a year now. >From what I have read they do index with 8sp, but call Rivendell to confirm, they ar ethe advocates for these and I know they will set them up indexed. Rob On Apr 22, 5:13 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-04-22 at 05:08 -0700, Thomas Lynn Skean wrote: > > And... I should ask generally... are there significant differences in > > "feel" of riding using a freewheel versus a cassette? That is, does > > one make for a more free-spinning wheel than the other? I won't have a > > chance to ride one first and don't want to make a significant move > > like this without a small understanding of what I'm giving up or > > gaining. > > The only times you're going to notice the difference between a freewheel > and a cassette are when you're trying to remove it (it can sometimes be > a real challenge getting a freewheel off!) or when the axle bends > (happens a lot more easily on a freewheel hub than a cassette, due to > the location of the outer bearing). > > -- > 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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 rbw-owners-bu...@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.
