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Old 05-06-09 | 12:02 PM
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froze
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Originally Posted by meb
It’s not the overall length-the freehub axles are generally the same length as the freewheel axle and the axle on the freehubs rarely break-it’s the longer unsupported distance between the right hub bearing and the right dropout on the freewheel axles that leads to the failures.

See these:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/mcnamara.html
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/mega7/
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/k7.html
Great, you found some web site that I already knew about. Problem is it doesn't lead to any conclusion that freewheel hubs or axles or hub bearings or whatever mechanical device you can come up with, had a higher failure rate then normal. These things (besides the front hub) was the MOST DEPENDABLE PART ON A BIKE!!!! You need to stop reading some site that shows that something broke; all mechanical things eventually break, that doesn't mean it's got a high failure rate. Like I said before, besides the front hub the rear hub and freewheel was and still is the second most dependable mechanical item on a bike.
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