Silverfish
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Decent quality ones?
My stash has run dry
My stash has run dry
The SACHS ones are Bonkers expensive
Just PMād youShimano 7s are fine really. Although sometimes you can only get the stupid ones with the larger gap between 1&2 to fit some advertising slogan imo. But a yearly drop of oil and they'll do 1000s of miles.
8 speed freewheel is surely the work of the devil.
All that axle hanging out of the wheel bearing, begging for trouble. It's why we got the freehub.
Usually the 8 speed freewheel was fitted to cheap bikes to make them 24speed so punters who had been told a 24 speed bike was better than 21, (because it should have a cassette drivetrain) could be fleeced by the likes of halfords, who used to occupy the space now taken by amazon - selling tomorrow's rubbish.
Consequently most 8sp fws are/were rubbish.
Sachs used to make a good one though.
Well Iāve managed to find one so will fit it and see what the shifting is likeSachs ones are also 5.0mm cog spacing, whereas XTR 8-speed needs 4.8mm, I thinkā¦? Can you re-spaceā¦?