> The latter usually means body onto frame in one manner or the other. Slightly OT. I recently came across a rather beautiful and incredibly light Campy 6 speed freewheel. I want to use it on a set of wheels I am building for my forthcoming 650b road bike. I recently decided not to go with a NOS fluted Campy SR crankset on the bike after reading too many accounts of the cranks breaking (I think you were on a recent discussion of same on the IBOB).
Any one know whether the super light Campy freewheel is prone to pawls giving way? I suppose Campy may have used somesort of super aluminium alloy to come in so far under its competitor's weight. I would sure hate to be proven wrong with a trip to the Emergency Room. On Feb 1, 12:41 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 2/1/10 2:51 AM, Angus at angusle...@sbcglobal.net wrote: > > > I was riding my Atlantis yesterday and during one hard effort (it's > > all relative) the freewheel skipped....chunk! It's an old Suntour 7 > > speed freewheel that has probably given reliable service for decades. > > I had this happen to another Suntour freewheel several years ago and > > when it became too regular I replaced it. Which lead to the > > question... > > > With a skipping freewheel, how long do you let it go before replacing > > the freewheel? > > Just to confirm, you are saying that the pawls are slipping internally, not > that the chain is slipping on a given cog, right? > > It depends a bit how the thing is slipping. If there's a crunchy noise and > the pedals jump just a bit, I'm likely to let it go for a while. The more > pedal jump, the more dangerous, IMO. > > The freewheel is either going to freeze up or let go entirely. The former > just means a little fixed gear work on the way home (though doing that with > the slack chain in a derailleur setup can be tricky). The latter usually > means body onto frame in one manner or the other. > > I guess the short answer is "sooner rather than later..." > > hope that helps, > > - J > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes -- 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-bu...@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.
