Originally Posted by froze

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.

Originally Posted by froze

Incorrect...but correct me if I'm wrong...huh? Anywhos; what I said was that freehubs DID NOT have a problem with failure, and that besides the front hub the freehub was the most dependable part on a bike back in the days of freehubs. In otherwords all this failure stuff in regards to freehubs 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 freehubs 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.

Originally Posted by froze

And by the way, did you know that in Asia and other 3rd world countries you will find far more freehubs then cassettes today? Hmmm, and their not crying about failure rates either.