Phil Wood IRD hub? I think you maybe confused. IRD is a company or brand.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:54 PM, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > I have no experience at all with IRD. > > On my camper bike I use a Shimano Megarange FW. On my more sporting > bike I have a Suntour Winner. > > Picked up both from the eBay NOS store. No problems with either. > > On Feb 13, 4:45 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > 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. > > -- 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.
