I'm glad you took no offense to my judgementallness (is that a word?)

I can imagine what some hard-liners would say ruff.... ruff ....ruff


I've butted heads with a few member about freewheels in some other forums. It seems the freewheel and it's hub are "absolutely" inferior to cassette hubs. I guess I've been living in a cave then , because I sure see lots of other cave-dwellers riding them and buying them. They seem to work, and axles don't break with every bump in the road. Hmmmm I've been using them since I was a kid, since my first "real" bike, a Fuji something in the 70's.


I'm in the process of building a Bombadil, but I'm in no hurry really. I've been buying up some NOS parts when I can get them. I've got some 2nd generation Deore derailleurs, the all-silver ones. Suntour XC Pro cantis. . . and one of my 2 trusty Campy SR seat posts that've been through many frames but keep on ticking. I can't get a vintage crank though, as I need 185mm arms, and the chances of finding another new or used TA Zephyr are about zero, but it only takes one!..... otherwise it's a Cramina. I may actually get cassette hubs for this bike, if only because I can't do half-step gears on this frame, there's no clearance for bigger rings. I really don't like crossovers, so I'd be better off with 9 speeds on the cluster so I don't have to cross so much.