On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 03:35, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 20:43 -0700, james black wrote: >> Why must we dump our freewheels, a technology which in my experience >> has always performed flawlessly as intended, just because freehubs >> make for better engineering? > > One reason might be that freewheels NEVER "performed flawlessly".
I understand the advantages of cassettes, but let me emphasize the "in my experience" part of my statement above - I have used freewheels for years personally without any problems. Freehubs may work better, but freewheels have worked pretty well too, at least if you can avoid the factors that lead to problems (like crap IRD freewheels, axle-bending wide spacing, heavily loaded bikes, etc.). There is also a question of economy. Obviously choosing a Phil or White freewheel hub and new IRD freewheels is not a bargain choice; but for us bottomfeeders it is still very easy and inexpensive to acquire a decent freewheel hub and functional freewheel (either an older Suntour or a new production Shimano). I would generally spend more on a freehub setup than I would on a freewheel setup (which I would choose without reservation if I were equipping, for example, a bike with 120mm dropouts and a five-speed cogset). James Black -- 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.
