Hi. It seems that Phil Wood has created a hub specifically to be used with the IRD freewheel. I think it has to do with the IRD freewheel's sprockets being spaced more closely than, say, the Shimano freewheel's. Or maybe there are other differences as well.
In any case, there is some significant difference in something. For when I put the RBW-sold Shimano freewheel on my hub, it does not "coast" freely at all. Now, maybe there's supposed to be a break-in period. But I don't think that's what this is. The IRD freewheels I've used had no similar issues when first installed. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Feb 13, 2011, at 6:31 PM, omnigrid <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
