On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 7:43:25 AM UTC-7, Matthew J wrote: > > Good post except I wish the blogger were more clear on what he means by > freewheel hubs making less robust wheel. > > Most likely the reference is that most multi-speed freewheel hubs on the > market today are lower budget. There are many a wheel built with freewheel > hubs from the day by the likes of Phil Wood and MaxiCar with many years and > tens of thousands of miles on them. > I think the problem is that most users rarely used PW or Maxicar freewheel hubs. In fact, I don't recall Maxicar ever having much of a presence here in the US back in the late 80s/early 90s. I know we use to drool over Campy and Mavic hubs. For touring, PW was the one people wanted. I believe the key with PW and Maxicar hubs were the oversized axles. As Sheldon stated, Shimano "solved" the issue of broken or bent axles by putting bearings further out on its cassette freehub. Campy still has bearings inboard, but solved the broken or bent axle by using an oversized axle.
> > And for those looking to do single speed touring, I know for a fact Rich > Lesnik will recommend White Industries Eno freewheel hubs. > White Industries build great hubs. For a single speed, the Eno is hard to beat. Then again, for a cassette hub, the latest T11 is one of the best on the market! Good Luck! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
