On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 12:34, John Vu <j...@jhvu.com> wrote: > I love my freewheel stuff but I'm not sure you can really say it's > cheaper to use them.
I don't think I can claim it's cheaper to use freewheels, but it can be cheap. The last wheelset I built last year was on a NOS pair of Sunshine high-flange hubs that I got on eBay for about $15 and a NOS Suntour five-speed freewheel for about $10 on eBay. If today I set out to build something like a 130mm OLD 7-speed Shimano freehub wheelset, I would likely spend more than that for the hubs and cassette. I see the freewheel system as analogous to the quill stem - technological improvements have supplanted it in the mainstream market, but not rendered it worthless or any less useful than it was 20 years ago. James Black Los Angeles, CA -- 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.
