Thread: The silence of the freewheels...
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Old 03-14-16 | 09:51 AM
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From: Des Moines, IA

Bikes: '18 class built steel roadbike, '19 Fairlight Secan, '88 Schwinn Premis , Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross V4, '89 Novara Trionfo

I have a 7spd Shimano freewheel and a 7spd Shimano freehub which are both eerily silent.
The ratcheting action can be felt and each of them engage properly when I pedal. They both spin freely when off the bike too.

No idea why or how they are silent, but I love em.
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