"David Kunz" <
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> Jon Bond wrote:
> > "David Kunz" <
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> >>Jon Bond wrote:
> >>
> >>>"David Kunz" <
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> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Anthony Sloan wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Craig Brossman wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>My rear XT hub is shot, and the rims are getting on as well. For a
few
> >>>>>>extra dollars, I'ld probably get a disc hub, may even throw a set of Avid mechanicals in
> >>>>>>there right away.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>But which hub? For the price, perhaps another XT wheel isn't so bad.
I
> >>>>>>only weigh 175 lbs., it did last me 5 years, and I could get a whole
wheel
> >>>>>>online for almost 1/2 the price of a Chris King hub.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>But the Chris King is forever, or so I'm told. My LBS showed me how easily it is serviced.
> >>>>>>Perhaps I will grow to love the quick engagement it has more than I can imagine. At around
> >>>>>>$250, it represents an investment.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Another friend like Hugi hubs. I believe they come in around the
same
> >>>>>>price, perhaps a little less.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Any other opinions out there?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>BTW, money is always an object; 4, 5, or 5 digit incomes, it doesn't matter. I have to
> >>>>>>convince myself it IS worth the extra dollars, I also have
> >
> > to
> >
> >>>>>>convince SWMBO, who is expecting the next big bike purchase to be
her
> >>>>>>new FS frame/bike.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>--
> >>>>>>Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado (remove .nospam. if replying)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I am hub shopping as well. The King hubs seem awfully, awfully nice,
> >
> > but
> >
> >>>>>gol dern they are expensive. The Hugi and the American Classic are at the top of my list
> >>>>>right now.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>A
> >>>>
> >>>>_Run_ from American Classic! I had their rear hub. It started
dumping
> >>>>grease on the disc rotor after a couple of months (talk about exciting -- I'd usually find
> >>>>this out when I found that my rear brake wasn't working on a steep grade at speed!). Destroyed
> >>>>the bearings in 4
months
> >>>>-- one actually disintegrated! Their tech support tried to duck it -- claimed that it couldn't
> >>>>happen. My LBS insisted that was not the
case
> >>>>and convinced them to send a full set of new bearings (4), all with seals (my guess was that
> >>>>water was getting in as readily as grease was getting out). They sent 4 bearings, but only one
> >>>>had seals and they charged the shop for 2 of them! __NEVER AGAIN__!
> >>>>
> >>>>BTW, it was this hub that taught me the finer points of using mud to
get
> >>>>a disc rotor back in service
. But, the pads would only survive 3
or
> >>>>4 dumps before they just couldn't be revived and had to be replaced.
> >>>>
> >>>>David
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>There were a bunch of problems like that - did you have the model with
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>greaseport?
> >>>
> >>>The new models are supposed to be a lot better. the WTB knockoff is supposed to be pretty damn
> >>>good, and WTB has excellent customer service
> >
> > too.
> >
> >>>(No personal experience, so I can't vouch for them)
> >>>
> >>>Jon Bond
> >>>
> >>
> >>If their support had owned up to it and stood behind their product, I'd agree. But they never
> >>made good on it -- and it was almost as expensive as the Chris King that replaced it! It's
> >>sitting with the rest of my junk parts. (And, yes it was the grease port model).
> >>
> >>David
> >
> >
> > Which is just another reason to get the WTB model instead. Hey, if it's
the
> > model without grease ports, I'll buy that sucker off you (or you could probably sell it on ebay
> > for more than I can probably afford to pay you, which would be the smart way to go). If its the
> > grease-guard model,
I'll
> > pass
> >
> > Jon Bond
> >
>
> Nope... grease port. I thought that was a GOOD thing at the time
.
>
> David
Damn. And here I thought I might be able to score myself a cheap rear hub
Jon Bond
