I used to ride in wet and freezing weather with Sunrace freewheels....not with a Phil hub (Suzues) and with friction shifters...why index, it just complicates things ? Never had a problem either. Lube gels at low temps and dirt gets into the innards in the heat requiring a good flushing to free them up on occasion. I had planned to go with a Phil hub and a freewheel making a symmetrical wheel but chose to go with a cassette system for now. I'm all for simplicity if attainable. The Phil cassette hub looks inviting but expensive.
On Feb 14, 12:08 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > Well, I hate to ask... but... > > 1) Do you ride regularly in wet weather? > 2) Do you ride regularly in cold (sub-freezing? sub-zero?) weather? > 3) Do you have a Phil Wood hub nominally intended for an IRD freewheel? > 4) Are you using modern Shimano 8-speed shifters (e.g. the 8-speed bar-ends > sold by RBW) in index mode? > > If all of those answers are true, then our situations are comparable. Yeah! > I'll definitely look into the Sunrace freewheels, since if I recall correctly > they're quite inexpensive. Otherwise, I wonder if you *would* have problems > if they were all true. > > I'll look into them anyway since they're $13 each. I'll buy one. If it works > and lasts 2000 miles including next winter, I'd buy a two dozen more and > replace them every 1500-1750 miles. $325 for 7-8 years of riding. That'd > work. :) > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > > ----- SISDDWG <dgen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been using Sunrace freewheels for several years and I've had no > > issues with them - none, zero. They shift fine and seem to last quite > > a long time. > > > On Feb 14, 5:28 am, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:57 PM, james <meine...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > fwiw I've also had one ird freewheel fail on me entirely and the one > > > > i'm using right now 'freezes' when the weather gets cold. i > > > > appreciate the info on the cold and the grease, but i would like to > > > > know also if there are other good freewheels that run about > > > > 13-32/34... i could only find cheap ones i trusted less than the ird, > > > > but now i'm not so sure... > > > > I've never used them but I wonder how the sunrace ones are? > > > >http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=31292&;... > > > > For $19 - cheap enough to try one out and find out if they are awful or > > > good. > > > > -sv > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://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.
