EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
I have available for purchase one Zeus 2000 alloy 6 speed freewheel having your choice of cogs - either 14-15-16-17-19-22 or 14-15-16-17-19-23. This unit is being sold as "used" although it could likely pass for NOS other than upon the most careful inspection of the 16 or maybe the 19 when disassembled or the backside of the 22 tooth cogs. The price is $65.00 USD plus $5.00 shipping via USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation ( if you would care for insurance, then add $2.30) within the U.S. (...any shipping outside the U.S.A. will be done at cost). Please contact me directly regarding payment options.
GORY DETAILS AND BACKGROUND:
Over the course of the last few years I have been snapping up as many of the really nice low mileage or preferably NOS Zeus 2000 alloy freewheels as I could having those particular cog teeth I sought so as to ultimately build two Zeus 2000 alloy freewheels having very specific ratios for a certain project of mine. I have now completed my quest to assemble the two freewheels I had sought to build and will no longer target those components on eBay or elsewhere.
Back "in the day", these were my absolute favorite "race day only" freewheels. They were lightweight (...this one tips the scales at 255 grams as opposed to 350 or thereabouts for the typical Atom / Cyclo / Everest / Regina / Shimano / SunTour non alloy 6 speed), extremely durable (...excepting the alloy cog teeth themselves, although I used to have those hard anodized to extend their life expectancy), a snap to remove and disassemble (...you can use either a Atom / Zeus / Phil Wood splined removal tool or the standard two notch type tool as this freewheel will accommodate both - once removed, the outer one or two cogs are threaded whereas the remaining have an eight notch slip fit profile), and they were arguably the most intelligently designed freewheel of their time (...before either Atom or SunTour hit upon the very same idea, the Zeus 2000 freewheel could be built in either a five or six speed configuration based upon a common body shell which could accommodate either).
With respect to this particular freewheel, my motivating interest in purchasing same was to acquire the virtually unused 16 tooth cog ring and nothing else. At this point, I have replaced said 16 tooth cog with another lightly used 16 tooth cog. Realizing that I am an overly critical and unrepentant perfectionist, I would assess the current condition of this freewheel as follows:
1) The freewheel body itself is in excellent condition with little evidence of use. There are, however, two very small markings on its backside which are likely the result of it either having been mounted onto a rear hub having a burr or set onto its backside against an uneven and abrasive surface. The pawls both feel and sound like new and there is no sign of marking on either the spline or twin notches from that of a heavy hand in using a removal tool.
2) The 14 tooth steel outer threaded cog could pass for new as there is no evidence that it ever saw a chain.
3) The 15 tooth alloy threaded locking cog could almost pass for new, showing signs of having been mounted only on its inner race ( which no one will ever see once this freewheel has been properly assembled. The teeth themselves are perfect.
4) The 16 tooth slip-fit cog which I have provisioned in lieu of the original shows definite signs of having been used, but still has at least seventy percent of its useful life left. There are no discolorations or gouges in the aluminum, simply some minor wear on the trailing edge of the teeth as though it had once been run a short distance with a worn or inappropriately adjusted chain.
5) The 17 tooth slip-fit cog shows very limited signs of use almost as though a chain had been dropped onto it accidentally once or twice.
6) The 19 tooth slip-fit cog has evidence of limited use with next to no profiling of the teeth. Based upon the wear patterns of the original cogs as acquired, I would assume that the previous owner spent most if not almost all of their time on this cog, and fortunately, it was ridden in conjunction with a new drive chain.
7) The 22 tooth slip-fit cog (...you can choose this one or the 23) exhibits limited signs of use excepting a couple of locations on its backside where it would appear that someone once set this assembled freewheel onto an abrasive surface ( truly, very minor). Its teeth would appear to have been engaged by a chain on only a limited number of occasions.
8) The 23 tooth slip-fit cog (...you can choose this one or the 22) is NOS and unused.
This freewheel has been thoroughly dismantled, cleaned, and re-greased and will be provided with the outer locking cogs having been hand threaded to finger tight and without benefit of any anti-seize compound. Of course, I would be happy to provide detailed pictures ( assembled, disassembled, individual cogs, macro, zoom, whatever anyone might need in order to better determine an appropriate course of action) upon request.
Robert "freewheelin' and dealin'" Broderick ...the "Frozen Flatlands" of South Dakota Sioux Falls, U.S.A.