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Donald Gillies
Guest
$14.95 for a 13-24 7-speed freewheel (sunrace) at bikeman.com
$12.95 for a 13-24 7-speed freewheel (nashbar) at nashbar.com
I remember that when IRD first announced their 'defiant'
freewheels, they were touted as being high quality, worthy
of going onto phil wood freewheel hubs (which were supposedly
1/3rd the cost of a phil wood cassette hub.) They were supposed to be
exact copies of Shimano Dura-Ace freewheels, but in reality, they
simply aren't.
Now, I am seeing 13-24 7-speed freewheels that are 1/3rd the cost of
an IRD freewheel, at $40. Are we really going to get 3x the service
life on the IRD 2nd generation freewheels? If we're supposed to use
IRD freewheels to save 2/3rds the cost of a Phil Wood hub, why not use
these freewheels to save 2/3rds the cost of an IRD Freewheel ??
Especially, if the IRD bodies cannot be opened or easily oiled ?? Has
anyone tried to move IRD 2nd-generation cogs over to a dura ace
freewheel body? Do they fit ??
Thanx,
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA
P.S. Re:
http://www.bikemannetwork.com/biking/p/FW2129 sunrace @ bikeman
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?sku=11696 nashbar @ nashbar
$12.95 for a 13-24 7-speed freewheel (nashbar) at nashbar.com
I remember that when IRD first announced their 'defiant'
freewheels, they were touted as being high quality, worthy
of going onto phil wood freewheel hubs (which were supposedly
1/3rd the cost of a phil wood cassette hub.) They were supposed to be
exact copies of Shimano Dura-Ace freewheels, but in reality, they
simply aren't.
Now, I am seeing 13-24 7-speed freewheels that are 1/3rd the cost of
an IRD freewheel, at $40. Are we really going to get 3x the service
life on the IRD 2nd generation freewheels? If we're supposed to use
IRD freewheels to save 2/3rds the cost of a Phil Wood hub, why not use
these freewheels to save 2/3rds the cost of an IRD Freewheel ??
Especially, if the IRD bodies cannot be opened or easily oiled ?? Has
anyone tried to move IRD 2nd-generation cogs over to a dura ace
freewheel body? Do they fit ??
Thanx,
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA, USA
P.S. Re:
http://www.bikemannetwork.com/biking/p/FW2129 sunrace @ bikeman
http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?sku=11696 nashbar @ nashbar