I am of the OPINION that the campy freewheel just is'nt tuff enuff to withstand the abuse a pro rider can impose in day after day riding; I've had 2 of these things fail (one locked up solid, one freewheeled both ways) and this was in the 80s when I got 'em NEW, and I'm very easy on equipment and never had another freewheel of any brand fail EVER.
I'm with Chuck on the Sedis/Malliard story. Full on racing loads would beat the crap outa these things. They are best used as paperweights.
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-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-admin@bikelist.org]On Behalf Of Jeff Slotkin Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 8:39 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]Campy alloy freewheel
At 08:15 AM 3/23/2001 -0800, Tom Dalton wrote:
>A freewheel a day, tens guys per team, maybe twenty
>three days... let's assume they pay fifty bucks for
>each freewheel, that's $11,500 worth of hardware.
I bet it's been a long time since a pro team paid for equipment. I could be wrong.
Jeff Slotkin
TheLocalSpoke
Goose Creek, SC