Guess I ned to get out more as I had no idea there were IRD freewheel specific hubs. Seems counterintuitive to me.
All my multigear bikes have freewheels as I use vintage hubs. While I have a pretty good store of NOS freewheels, I was happy to see IRD coming out with a new line of freewheels, as it at once assured supply and took pressure off the price of NOS freewheels. Riding on vintage hubs is not for everyone. There are plenty of us out there, however. Not surprisingly really, as a well maintained hub can last many years. Much as I like my vintage freewheel hubs, the need for a new freewheel hubs escapes me. Cassette freewheels are in fact easier to use and maintain. Seems to me those buying new but not wanting 10 or 11 cogs in the back would be better served looking for nos 7 - 9 cog cassettes to put on a modern cassett hub than buying an all new freewheel set up. On Feb 14, 7:51 am, rperks <perks....@gmail.com> wrote: > The difference between the touring and IRD as far as I know is in the > spacers or endcaps, this was published somewhere in the iBOB archives > in the last two years. As for the specs from phil, they are in a slow > process of fixing their published data, call them and they are great > on the phone. The threading is the same, english standard. If you > freewheel is truly binding, that is weird. is it rubbing anywhere, > back of the freewheel against the hub flange? or at the stays? As > for break in there should not need to be much, unsless you again have > frozen grease problems. > > Rob > > On Feb 13, 11:50 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > It seems that Phil Wood has created a hub specifically to be used with the > > IRD freewheel. I think it has to do with the IRD freewheel's sprockets > > being spaced more closely than, say, the Shimano freewheel's. Or maybe > > there are other differences as well. > > > In any case, there is some significant difference in something. For when I > > put the RBW-sold Shimano freewheel on my hub, it does not "coast" freely at > > all. Now, maybe there's supposed to be a break-in period. But I don't think > > that's what this is. The IRD freewheels I've used had no similar issues > > when first installed. > > > Yours, > > Thomas Lynn Skean > > > On Feb 13, 2011, at 6:31 PM, omnigrid <omnig...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Phil Wood IRD hub? > > > > I think you maybe confused. IRD is a company or brand. > > > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:54 PM, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> > > > wrote: > > > I have no experience at all with IRD. > > > > On my camper bike I use a Shimano Megarange FW. On my more sporting > > > bike I have a Suntour Winner. > > > > Picked up both from the eBay NOS store. No problems with either. > > > > On Feb 13, 4:45 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> > > > wrote: > > > > Hello, all! > > > > > Does anyone have any experience using the "Shimanopore" freewheel on a > > > > Phil Wood "IRD" 7-speed freewheel hub? Does anyone have any experience > > > > using the "Shimanopore" freewheel with a "normal" (i.e. non-"IRD") 7- > > > > speed freewheel hub? > > > > > I've had to replace three IRD 7-speed freewheels in 7 months. The > > > > first one (13-28) lasted a couple thousand miles but then started to > > > > fail to catch within a reasonable amount of rotation. The next one > > > > (non-mega 13-32) didn't work at all; the small cog was broken. The > > > > next one (non-mega 13-32) lasted only a few hundred miles before > > > > starting to "freeze" (introducing top-of-the-stay slack) and then, > > > > within a week or so, began to fail to catch like the first one. > > > > > It had just gotten cold when the first one failed. It has just been > > > > *really* cold when the third one failed. I don't know if that's > > > > related. > > > > > If these freewheels typically last only a couple thousand mikes, I'll > > > > be disappointed but I'll deal. If there's an alternative freewheel > > > > like the Shimano I'll use those. If fteewheels are just this > > > > inconsistent and I can't find an alternative freewheel arrangement, > > > > I'll switch to a cassette system ASAP and move on. > > > > > Anybody have any insights / info / suggestions? > > > > > 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 > > > 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-bunch@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.-Hide quoted text > > > - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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