[RBW] Re: WTB: NOS Suntour Freewheel, or other High Quality Freewheel: 32,34, or 36t preferred
Erik, are you using FW on all your bikes? You might try looking for Suntour FWs through this: http://bike.jaxed.com/cgi-bin/bike.cgi?cat=bikfil=freewheelitm=suntourstate=ps=pe=ys=ye=so=dsubmit=+GO+ I've been tempted to purchase a ST Winner FW after having an IRD crap out on me pretty much out of the box. I know VO is considering selling a FW but I'm sure it's a way off and there's no guarantee it'll be any better than the IRD ones. Hell, it'll probably be an IRD one branded as a VO. Or not. Most likely, the wheel I'm using on my rando bike will be moved to my commuter and I'll just switch back to a cassette hub. I'd sure hate to have a FW crap out on me during a brevet. --mike On Apr 23, 6:53 pm, erik jensen bicyclen...@gmail.com wrote: 3 IRD freewheels toasted in the past 6 months, and 20 miles home on a jammed freewheel-turned-fixed today. I need something stronger and better. Looking for something with at least 32t in back, more is nice but not necessary. Make my day, and help me kick a rather annoying series of mechanicals! Thanks! erik -- oakland, ca bikenoir.blogspot.com -- 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.
[RBW] Re: WTB: NOS Suntour Freewheel, or other High Quality Freewheel: 32,34, or 36t preferred
Just saw this on the VO blog: The Freewheel- After about 1500 miles of testing the first one started making a clicking noise. We took it apart to find lot of wear, grit inside, and a bad ball bearing. If this is the best freewheel made in Taiwan, as I was told, then we're very disappointed. It's no better than any of the current offering. To make it right it would need proper seals, better bearings, larger pawls, etc. On the bright side, the cogs still looked great. Next time I'm in Taiwan I'll see how much it would cost to make the needed improvements, but I'm pretty sure that the tooling costs will be prohibitive. http://velo-orange.blogspot.com/2011/04/few-updates.html -- 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.
[RBW] Re: WTB: NOS Suntour Freewheel, or other High Quality Freewheel: 32,34, or 36t preferred
Dang. That sucks. A seven speed fixed cog, though - that's a real breakthrough! Septingle, Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Apr 23, 6:53 pm, erik jensen bicyclen...@gmail.com wrote: 3 IRD freewheels toasted in the past 6 months, and 20 miles home on a jammed freewheel-turned-fixed today. I need something stronger and better. Looking for something with at least 32t in back, more is nice but not necessary. Make my day, and help me kick a rather annoying series of mechanicals! Thanks! erik -- oakland, ca bikenoir.blogspot.com -- 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.
[RBW] Re: WTB: NOS Suntour Freewheel, or other High Quality Freewheel: 32,34, or 36t preferred
How's the quality on the current Shimano FWs? Are they more reliable than the IRD FWs? --mike -- 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.
[RBW] Re: WTB: NOS Suntour Freewheel, or other High Quality Freewheel: 32,34, or 36t preferred
Shimano ok? There's still quite a few on eBay at ok prices. Th sun tour ones have really gone up in price. And to the cassette people, yes we freewheel people need to modernize but when freewheel hubs last this long it's tough for some of us to justify a whole new wheel. And all this ird failure talk is makingn me question the one I'm using at the moment. On Apr 23, 9:53 pm, erik jensen bicyclen...@gmail.com wrote: 3 IRD freewheels toasted in the past 6 months, and 20 miles home on a jammed freewheel-turned-fixed today. I need something stronger and better. Looking for something with at least 32t in back, more is nice but not necessary. Make my day, and help me kick a rather annoying series of mechanicals! Thanks! erik -- oakland, ca bikenoir.blogspot.com -- 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.
