Re: [CR]New IRD Freewheels for classic bikes

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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:29:44 -0500
From: "Steve Kurt" <kurtsj@mtco.com>
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]New IRD Freewheels for classic bikes


From: Sheldon Brown <CaptBike(AT)sheldonbrown.com>

"Out at Interbike I met the guy responsible for these freewheels, and he confirmed that they are NOT made by SunRace. He used an Indonesian manufacturer, and he sent them an older Dura-Ace freewheel with instructions to copy the innards and to make them as nice as the original."

I ask: any idea if they copied the cogs too? The published picture kinda hints that it might use current cassette cogs. If so, then users could obtain spare cogs and perhaps build up custom freewheels. Wouldn't that be sweet! :-)

Steve "stash o' SunTour cogs" Kurt Peoria, IL