Nashbar freewheel any good?

Bill X said:

For some reason Nashbar is selling 6 speed freewheels under their own name
and I can't find SRAM or other brand name replacements anywhere. Does
anyone have experience with this componenet? Only asking $19 US which is
less than the $30-40 I'm accustomed to paying for SRAM.

Check your sprocket spacing, if you are currently indexing 5.3 mm you
should be alright with the Nashbar 6. The Nashbar 7 speed sprockets
are made by Epoch and look fairly good. A new shifter that indexes
for 7 speed 5.0 mm spacing can be had fairly inexpensively same for
the 7+ speed deraillers.

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 06:30:35 GMT, Retro Bob <[email hidden]>

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Bill X said:

For some reason Nashbar is selling 6 speed freewheels under their own name
and I can't find SRAM or other brand name replacements anywhere. Does
anyone have experience with this componenet? Only asking $19 US which is
less than the $30-40 I'm accustomed to paying for SRAM.

Check your sprocket spacing, if you are currently indexing 5.3 mm you
should be alright with the Nashbar 6. The Nashbar 7 speed sprockets
are made by Epoch and look fairly good. A new shifter that indexes
for 7 speed 5.0 mm spacing can be had fairly inexpensively same for
the 7+ speed deraillers.

Their 7 speeds are Epoch but the 6's look like something else. Zoom
their catalog picture for more info.

The inside of the Nashbar 6 speed freewheel body has the same
lettering as the 7 speed freewheel I purchased from Nashbar "Y|H Co".
On my 7 speed freewheeel there is a referencce to DNP on the inner
body and "Epoch index sprockets" on the outer lip. The teeth on the
Epoch sprockets vary in size unlike the sprockets on Falcon freewheels
which are all symmetrical. Don't know if the guts in the Nashbar
freewheel are any tighter than the Falcon freewheels i've been using
or not but I've gone through three chains on the Falcon so the tooth
hardness is not an issue.

Quoted message said:

FYI - there's another thread on this subject I started a couple days
ago.

Bill X said:

For some reason Nashbar is selling 6 speed freewheels under their own name
and I can't find SRAM or other brand name replacements anywhere. Does
anyone have experience with this componenet? Only asking $19 US which is
less than the $30-40 I'm accustomed to paying for SRAM.

I do not know the answer to your question specifically but
the $19.95 Shimano current six speed freewheels (MF-HG22,
MF-HG40) are of good quality and readily available at any
competent LBS which commonly services bicycles. No need to
ship such a common service item!

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

From: [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Check your sprocket spacing, if you are
currently indexing 5.3 mm you should be
alright with the Nashbar 6. The Nashbar
7 speed sprockets are made by Epoch
and look fairly good. A new shifter that
indexes for 7 speed 5.0 mm spacing can
be had fairly inexpensively same for the
7+ speed deraillers.

I have the 7 (hypeglide freehub) cassettte on my MTB, shifts quick and
smooth, under all situations (better that my experiences with Shimano's,
in fact). Had no problems with it whatsoever. And I'm hard on my gears.

- -

"May you have the wind at your back.
And a really low gear for the hills!"

Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

Chris'Z Corner
http://www.geocities.com/czcorner

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A Muzi said:

Bill X said:

For some reason Nashbar is selling 6 speed freewheels under their own name
and I can't find SRAM or other brand name replacements anywhere. Does
anyone have experience with this componenet? Only asking $19 US which is
less than the $30-40 I'm accustomed to paying for SRAM.

I do not know the answer to your question specifically but
the $19.95 Shimano current six speed freewheels (MF-HG22,
MF-HG40) are of good quality and readily available at any
competent LBS which commonly services bicycles. No need to
ship such a common service item!

Pardon my impertinence, but are they really $20? The local going rate
for 6-speed Shimano freewheels seems to be C$15-20. That's like $12-17
in real money, depending on the exchange rate. I think I paid about $11
for a Sunrace one time when I was feeling especially cheap (which is
nearly always).

Either this is the one service item which local shops actually are in a
price war over, or there's more 6-speed bikes around than I thought.

--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com
Verus de parvis; verus de magnis.

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 02:00:28 -0700, Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]>

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In article <[email hidden]>,

A Muzi said:

Bill X said:

For some reason Nashbar is selling 6 speed freewheels under their own name
and I can't find SRAM or other brand name replacements anywhere. Does
anyone have experience with this componenet? Only asking $19 US which is
less than the $30-40 I'm accustomed to paying for SRAM.

I do not know the answer to your question specifically but
the $19.95 Shimano current six speed freewheels (MF-HG22,
MF-HG40) are of good quality and readily available at any
competent LBS which commonly services bicycles. No need to
ship such a common service item!

Pardon my impertinence, but are they really $20? The local going rate
for 6-speed Shimano freewheels seems to be C$15-20. That's like $12-17
in real money, depending on the exchange rate. I think I paid about $11
for a Sunrace one time when I was feeling especially cheap (which is
nearly always).

Either this is the one service item which local shops actually are in a
price war over, or there's more 6-speed bikes around than I thought.

The local bike shop that I checked with treated the 6 speed freewheels
here in Florida as a rare commodity and priced them at $24.95. Bikes
in Florida seem to last a lot longer so this makes sense. I noticed
the glut of seven speed freewheels that could be had over the internet
cheap and decided to go seven speed. Nashbar charges the same
shipping whether you buy a 9 dollar bottom bracket or a 50 dollar
order and they beat the shops buy 30-70 % on price. If I really want
to save money I should invest in a chain rivot tool and buy some
bargain chain. Cost per mile is a lot lower with older tech bikes and
if you stock up on parts, a penny a mile is a reasonable goal.