I went ahead and emailed VO to see if they've put freewheels on the roadmap. The last serious mention of it was last summer when they said it was NOT on the roadmap to make a quality freewheel (although they did say 'if' a couple times). Here's a quote:
"Frankly, there is no good reason to use freewheels over cassettes on new bikes, other than a certain retro-cool factor." So there you go. Chris K also said in the same blog post that your best bet is to buy old suntour or european ones, and that the IRD ones they tried selling weren't good enough. Since they make and sell new freewheel hubs, it seems like a natural extension, provided they are well-made. On Feb 15, 12:51 pm, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > The IRD FW's failing have nothing to do with the lube or cleaning > them. It's a well known issue they've had since they began making > them. They keep claiming to have fixed the problems with each version, > now up to Mark IV. > I don't think it's a coincidence Riv stopped selling them . > Harris Cycles still does, IRD made "new" ones last summer, the Mark > IV. If they're still failing , Harris Cycles would here about it. -- 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.
