And for times when they get you into trouble. So i'll take the retro- derailleur request from a recent thread to bring this up. For some odd reason i've noticed that my inclination for bike parts leans towards the old. After a dalliance with carbon fiber and suspension in my youth (you should see my hardtail mt bike, carbon cranks from 1998! magura brakes! carbon fiber suspension seat post!). at the old age of 33 i'm only buying bike parts old then me or from an era older then me.
Anyway here's one of those situations where maybe i'm getting myself into trouble buying the old stuff. I picked up this wheel recently and it's an old phil wood design, from the pictures i'd guess early 80's. Well it has a Shimano 600 freewheel, in general i love shimano 600 stuff (two cranks, brakes, levers etc), but i'm hesitant to use this wheel as is. The FW looks to be in ok condition. My concern is that i've done some research and i know that getting this freewheel off can be tricky, so i'm trying to decide now if i should attempt to remove and replace with something more modern or ride it and pray that i'll be able to remove it in a few years. This is an either or because after reading the nightmares about getting this freewheel off (and also tracking down the freewheel tool which is only made by one small mfr still) i wouldn't re-mount it myself. And i really would like to use the hub for years to come, it's held up this far no reason to think it won't keep going. http://www.flickr.com/photos/minhi/5599199529/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/minhi/5599781666/ And for those people who are going to tell me just to give up on freewheels, sure i could've just gotten a shimano 105 cassette hub wheel fort he same price, but i just love the fact that a 30 year old phil wood wheel still spins smooth. -- 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.
