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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: ThisBitterPill on February 26, 2011, 09:01 PM
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Looking for a 1985 era-correct freewheel, preferably a 16t as I think I used to run a 44t/16t BITD....
What should I be looking for as they seem fairly hard to date....?
I presume that the chrome ones with the black centre are later as I don't remember seeing them BITD....!
Cheers!
:)
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Suntour or Shimano, there's probably loads more
Does it really matter if a freewheels era correct... :-\
44/16 was the usual choice of gearing... :daumenhoch:
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shimano freewheels have a 2 letter date code stamped on them
VINTAGE-TREK.COM has all the date codes :daumenhoch:
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Ah cool I'll take a look!
:daumenhoch:
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Suntour bmx/888 or Shimano 333/dx.
You can buy new shimano dx for £15-20 which are almost the same can't remember what the difference is.
If you can can pick up a suntour they are the ones I like and go for myself.
Nobody really seems to worry about the freewheel being era correct which is odd when everything has to be.
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Suntour bmx/888 or Shimano 333/dx.
You can buy new shimano dx for £15-20 which are almost the same can't remember what the difference is.
If you can can pick up a suntour they are the ones I like and go for myself.
Nobody really seems to worry about the freewheel being era correct which is odd when everything has to be.
i always do thats how sad i am :D ;D
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Suntour 888 is the badger!
They are on eBay now and again, I picked one up for £8 not too long ago.
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Vertego has some Suntour in 17T....It says they are from the early 80s....Are these the 888 ones?
http://www.vert-ego.com/freewheel.htm