Originally Posted by
Kontact
The reason we're discussing this is because I said that the change to 130 was to put 2mm on the outside of the DS while 2mm where gained on the inside by the way the cassette made it easy to get to the cogs.
But it was also done with freewheels for 8. But Shimano did 8 first by using the advantages of a freehub to keep the same 120/126 chainline and expand the cogs in and out equally.
Yeah I mostly agree, I just don't think the cog position was a problem that
needed the freehub to solve it.
The main problem with 8s 130/135 OLN freewheel hubs was axle overhang and breakage. The freehub solved the overhang issue. But the cog position had already been dealt with to an extent; Suntour had been stuffing more cogs into the space than anyone else for years already, starting with the New Winner Ultra-6. That and the Winner Pro had a relief on the seat equal to the height of the cog backstop, Sachs-Maillard's is somewhat less. No reason it couldn't have been done even more if the market had asked for it. But it didn't, so it wasn't.