I recently picked up a few "Shimano" free-wheels from my LBS (for my Rivendells) at amazingly low prices. We'll see how they do.
I've not had any problems with IRD free wheels, the Sun-Race free wheels I used a while back wore gear teeth quite quickly. Angus On Jul 19, 12:11 am, Powderpiggy <ke...@mid-columbia-coho.net> wrote: > So for those of you who are using IRD freewheels with your PW hubs, > what are your thoughts on the QC issues that IRD has had. The folks > at Rivendell seem to think the problems are over but reading various > online forums, I am not so sure. > > Keely > > On Jul 18, 10:26 am, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > +1 on a Schmidt as the preferred hub upgrade. > > > philip > > 97128 > > > On Jul 17, 10:02 pm, All Rounder 2000 <s_schermerh...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > > I have bikes with PW (Freewheel), SunTour (FW), and Shimano hubs > > > (Cassette). > > > I agree with all I've seen here. > > > For me, the most practical difference has been the "service after the > > > sale." > > > On two occasions I've had slight "problems" with PW gear and a quick > > > phone call to PW HQ and the bearings or other parts are on their way, > > > one time for free. > > > Specifically, the issues were: > > > *Car camped throughout southern Utah Red Rock, with my bike on the > > > back of the car. "Grit" got into the BB bearings and killed it. PW > > > replaced the BB. (for free!) > > > *Needed to repurpose a hub for use on a 135 rear spacing 7 speed, to a > > > 132.5 5 speed. On the phone, PW told me what I needed, and sent for a > > > very small fee. > > > > UPGRADE IDEA for you: > > > For touring, and general night riding, I can highly recommend the > > > "Schmidt Dynohub" for the front wheel. I've ridden this hub at least > > > 50 miles per week for the last 10 years, and it is "like new."- Hide > > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
