RE: [CR]New IRD Freewheels for classic bikes

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From: "Tom Martin" <fatcogtom@comcast.net>
To: "'Donald Gillies'" <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]New IRD Freewheels for classic bikes
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 13:28:33 -0700
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cc: captbike@sheldonbrown.com

Why NOT shimano??

Their spacing is standardized from one cog to the next, the cogs themselves are the same thickness, they are more reliable than anything made in China. They have been made in singapore for over 15 years, along with just about anything below Shimanos deore off road group. They are cheap and effective and widely available in multiple sizes and multiple speeds from just about any bike shop in the entire world.

Is that the issue- wide availability? It's not some niche-y tweak-y esoteric hard to find part that gets us all salivating trying to find it?

Tom martin Oakland CA U$A

-----Original Message----- From: Donald Gillies [mailto:gillies@cs.ubc.ca] Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 10:30 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Cc: captbike@sheldonbrown.com Subject: Re: [CR]New IRD Freewheels for classic bikes
> It wouldn't surprise me if they used some variant of the Shimano
> spline setup, but I haven't taken one apart.

Are you saying that these freewheels can be disassembled? I think that would justify selling price, as the current sunrace freewheels are held together with ?450 newtons? and cannot be disassembled by hand.

A new-production frewheel with changeable cogs that is _not_ ShimaNO would be a great asset for restoring classic bikes.

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA