Holy Moly

[treed2@u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

>     actually, for ice and snow, the quaife may do more harm than good. when you
> have zero traction on the free wheel, a quaife turns into an open diff (as there
> is no torque to move the center gear over).

True, but I've read that this can be remedied by applying the brakes
lightly to give the free wheel "traction", at least in the eyes of the
quaife.

I wouldn't know personally, since I'm not lucky enough to have one ;)

-Toby