The lack of any cogs between 24 and 28 pretty much ruins the whole thing as fart as I'm concerned. Too bad.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA
On 9/30/06, Sheldon Brown <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com> wrote:
>
> >Donald Gillies wrote:
> >>Sheldon,
> >>
> >>these freewheels remind me very strongly of the SunRace series of
> >>freewheels. Can you tell me exactly how they are different than
> >>those freewheels (both are for on-topic classic bikes with worn
> >>vintage freewheels.) Thanx,
>
> I replied:
>
> >I looked at 'em side to side, they are less similar than I might
> >have expected.
> >
> >The IRD sprockets are highly polished and chromed. The SunRace
> >sprockets are a dull chrome finish. Some of the SunRace bigger
> >sprockets on the one I checked (13-28 7-speed) had small holes
> >drilled in them for lightness (or cosmetics...)
>
> 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 haven't taken one of these freewheels apart, but I'm
> told that they use 3 pawls instead of two as SunRace does.
>
> Sheldon "Back From Vegas" Brown
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