Re: [CR] The Sound of Old Freewheels

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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:51:25 -0800
From: "Don Williams" <donwilliamsjr@gmail.com>
To: Jesse Hearndon <viper7990@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR] The Sound of Old Freewheels


Do you remember the old ATOM freewheels with the 3 pawls... I think it was an ATOM. They sounded cool. more of a cluk cluk cluk sound...I liked it just because it sounded diffrent....

Don Williams Woodinville Washington USA

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Jesse Hearndon <viper7990@hotmail.com> wro te:
>
> Nothing in the world quite like that sound. I have a Suntour Perfect free wh
> eel here that makes the same satisfying sound. Very uniform.
>
> Jesse Hearndon
> West Melbourne, FL> From: seaneee175@gmail.com> To: classicrendezvous@bik
> elist.org> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:05:52 -0800> Subject: [CR] The Sound
> of Old Freewheels> > And now for a tender moment.> > Today I was dunking
   a
> n old simplex straight block freewheel as the > grease was near hard. Onc e
> I got it all cleaned out and up, it dawned > on me what an amazing sound
> the pawls of an old freewheel make. I > guess I am so used to my daily wi th
> a near quiet (but noisy by modern > standards) suntour winner pro.> > Th er
> e is just something about that sound that makse me think of old > tour an d
> paris roubaix footage.> > Sean Flores> San Francisco, CA> _______________
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