10 speed freewheels question...

[ultraman6970]

Besides sun race, nobody else is manufacturing 10 speed freewheels?

Asking because more than somebody (besides me) has some old freewheel hubs moving around, change the spacing in one of those old 126 hubs is easy the question is how to make them work with a 10 or even 11 speed group.

From what I saw looking up today was that sunrace has a 10 speed cassette that goes all the way to 36T, I will assume those are shimano spaced. Looking at the manual the cogs are replaceable because the freewheel mechanism is more like a threaded ffree hub body, which IMO is a great thing, you can put other cogs in there.

So if sunrace is doing this, do you guys know another brand?? I know the thing might get heavy but you cant deny that some old hubs are way better than the new generation of hubs.

[m_sasso]

The big issue is limited bearing width on a freewheel hub resulting in bent axels with the spacing required for 10 or 11 speeds.

[Hindmost]

130 mm spacing? In the seven speed, 126 mm era I kept extra axles in the toolbox for frequent replacement.

[ntb1001]

Originally Posted by Hindmost

130 mm spacing? In the seven speed, 126 mm era I kept extra axles in the toolbox for frequent replacement.

True...I remember switching out the dura ace axles for the 600 series as there where heavier and stronger on the traditional style hubs with freewheels.




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[oliver1850]

I think that I mentioned in another thread that I was surprised to come across 9 and 10 speed freewheels somewhere.

I'm sure people broke/bent 130 spaced FW hub axles, but that doesn't mean every design is destined to fail. I have lots of miles on 130 spaced Sampson hubs without any problems.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by Hindmost

130 mm spacing? In the seven speed, 126 mm era I kept extra axles in the toolbox for frequent replacement.

But what ya can do is measure, use a 7s freewheel max and take spacers off the RH side and move to left to minimize axle overhang on the RH side. PLUS, when redishing, pulling rim to left..adds tension to the LH side..a good thing. 8s freewheels? No thanks..9/10/11s freewheels? Life's too short.