Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hocda.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!houxm!hocda!grt From: grt@hocda.UUCP (G.TOMASEVICH) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Why a front freewheel? Message-ID: <382@hocda.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Mar-84 15:46:57 EST Article-I.D.: hocda.382 Posted: Wed Mar 14 15:46:57 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Mar-84 02:04:45 EST Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel Lines: 4 You anticipated a good question on the front freewheel; the rear cluster is a stiff freewheel for safety. The clerk should have told you that. I think it is a gimmick for people too sloppy to stop pedalling hard while they shift. I never saw it on high quality bikes.