I'm the one arguing freehub axles are more reliable than than freewheel axles-Mr. Froze is the one disagreeing about freehubs being more prone to axle failure than freehubs.
Incorrect...but correct me if I'm wrong...huh? Anywhos; what I said was that freewheels DID NOT have a problem with failure, and that besides the front hub the freewheel was the most dependable part on a bike back in the days of freewheels. In otherwords all this failure stuff in regards to freewheels was WAAAAAAY over blown. My current rear hub has about 150,000 miles on it...where's the failure? And reread my post about others I know, (or heard of in the Parade Magazine years ago) that have even MORE miles then I do! I also said that perhaps the 8 speed freewheels probably had some problems, but those were not sold by the millions because by then cassettes became the rage thus we will never know the true ratio of failures compared to the 5, 6, and 7 speeders. And by the way, did you know that in Asia and other 3rd world countries you will find far more freewheels then cassettes today? Hmmm, and their not crying about failure rates either.