5cagm

Hi all,

I'm in the process of tuning up a few 10 speeds and one of them has a well used freewheel. I was wondering if anyone had heard about or used these new SunRace freewheels as replacements before? Any thoughts or immediate flags from those who have?

SunRace Freewheel Link

Thanks!

ctmullins 

Cheap. Noisy. Cheap. Nice ramped cogs. Cheap.

Summary: Worth the modest price.

5cagm

Haha excellent,

That pretty much sums up my expectations!

Doohickie

I put a SR freewheel on my Raleigh Super Course and it works great. Be careful, though, that you make sure you have the correct freewheel for the type of bike. "M" freewheels like your link, are for mountain bikes; "R" freewheels are for road bikes. Either should work theoretically, but the "R" ones are designed to road bike specs which use slightly narrower hub spacing. I think if you search you can find a PDF copy of a SunRace product catalog so you can see the full product lines. Also, search Google for "Sheldon Brown hub spacing" for a writeup on the differences for hub spacing versus number of gears, for road and mountain bikes. Check out those resources then come back with any questions you have.

I just upgraded a rear 6-speed flat tooth freewheel on one of my bikes to a 7-speed ramped freewheel and it works great. The two resources above helped me learn enough to choose the right parts.

EDIT: I checked the hub spacing chart, and if you truly have a 10 speed (i.e., 5 gears in the back), there is no difference between MTB and road bike spacing, so that should work for either one, as long as your derailleur has enough tooth difference capacity. (if you're replacing another 14-28 freewheel with this one, you should be fine.)

5cagm

Thanks Doohickie! I really appreciate all of the awesome information. I'll definitely be sure to get the 'R' model. As the price can't really be beat, I'm probably going to give it a go. Take care!

top506

I've had very good luck with the SunRace 13-28, 13-30, and 13-25 7-speed freewheels.

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Doohickie

I started the same thread a couple months ago. You may want to read through it.

ColonelJLloyd 

I like the SunRace freewheels. They have chromed (not black) HG cogs, use the standard Shimano tool and are inexpensive. I have not found them to be particular noisy. The only other new production freewheel I consider is IRD, but only if SunRace doesn't offer the cogs I'm looking for.

sauze

I've used them and found them to be just fine, ramped cogs are simply better .

Phil_gretz

I have a 13-30 7-speed on my touring bike. I've put over 2000 miles on it.

One problem early on (at maybe 200 miles or so) was a gummed-up interior, which caused clunking and clanking as the mechanism locked during forward drive. The sound would vary with the torque. Turned out that a soak and re-lubrication made the issue go away. Not a whisper of clunking since.

Shifting is fine - plus (did anyone mention this?), it's cheap.

fietsbob

Sun Race now Owns and produces the Sturmey Archer stuff ,
so It is a Capable manufacturer.

Merry sales Owns the IRD brand ,
a bit more premium freewheel line sold thru them.

lostarchitect 

I have one, and it works well and is not particularly noisy. The ramped cogs are nice, too. It only cost me five bucks!

The MAX

I used a 7spd one on my colnago sport, with a tri-color RD and 7-speed indexed shifters. No issues, it worked really well. That wheel set and FW are now going to go on my GF's bike.

Worst case scenario, you buy it and don't like it and you're out $15.

auchencrow

The first thing I learned in flipping was that a SunRace FW (and a new chain) is the cheap and easy way to restore a bike's drive-train to like-new operating condition.

I have installed scores of them.
I have them on most of my own bikes as well.

5cagm

Thanks for all of the helpful comments! I really appreciate it