Re: [CR] exploding Suntour freewheels

(Example: Framebuilders:Brian Baylis)

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:02:04 -0800 (PST)
From: "george otis" <georgeotis@yahoo.com>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] exploding Suntour freewheels


I had never heard of this problem. I use Suntour freewheels on all my vintage bikes (even the otherwise all-European ones) and they've always served me very well, although I never had a ProCompe either. But last year I got an NOS ProCompe on Ebay and just started using it. Should I be worried?

George Otis
The OK Corral
a.k.a. Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
(but great biking weather just the same...)