Steve Kurt wrote:
>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! :-)
No freewheel uses cassette sprockets, the holes in cassette sprockets are WAY too small for a freewheel.
It wouldn't surprise me if they used some variant of the Shimano spline setup, but I haven't taken one apart.
Sheldon "They Look Pretty Nice As Is" Brown
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