Hello, all! Does anyone have any experience using the "Shimanopore" freewheel on a Phil Wood "IRD" 7-speed freewheel hub? Does anyone have any experience using the "Shimanopore" freewheel with a "normal" (i.e. non-"IRD") 7- speed freewheel hub?
I've had to replace three IRD 7-speed freewheels in 7 months. The first one (13-28) lasted a couple thousand miles but then started to fail to catch within a reasonable amount of rotation. The next one (non-mega 13-32) didn't work at all; the small cog was broken. The next one (non-mega 13-32) lasted only a few hundred miles before starting to "freeze" (introducing top-of-the-stay slack) and then, within a week or so, began to fail to catch like the first one. It had just gotten cold when the first one failed. It has just been *really* cold when the third one failed. I don't know if that's related. If these freewheels typically last only a couple thousand mikes, I'll be disappointed but I'll deal. If there's an alternative freewheel like the Shimano I'll use those. If fteewheels are just this inconsistent and I can't find an alternative freewheel arrangement, I'll switch to a cassette system ASAP and move on. Anybody have any insights / info / suggestions? Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean -- 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.
