Originally Posted by
Squirrelli
The outer portion of that particular freewheel is most likely to be eccentric, it is the only place matter. If it's somewhere else causing the problem, like the paws or something, then you would here some unholy sound coming from the freewheel.
It's actually irrelevant if the outer portion of that particular freewheel (where the teeth are cut) is eccentric. The outer portion could be egg-shaped or even a triangle and it wouldn't do what is happening in that video.
In other words, the eccentricity is coming from somewhere else, whether another part of the freewheel (like between the inner driver and the outer ring) or another part of the bike entirely. I am curious as to where.
In any case, in the absence of a reference video with a cheap freewheel or evidence that what happens in the video makes any difference under pedal load I'm still disinclined to say that a WI freewheel 'isn't any better'.