Rear Hub

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:58:54 +0100, "Neil Smith" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Dear All,
I am looking for a good quality rear hub. There are plenty of models for
135mm axels but I am limited to 130mm max. I would like one that is sealed
and will take 36 spokes. Any suggestions.

What is your budget?
What kind of cassette should it fit?

I recently replaced my rear wheel with a DT Swiss 240s available for Campag and
Shimano. I am very pleased with it.

My other rear wheel has a Royce which has let me down several times. Not
recommend.

The problem is getting this combination: 130mm axel, 36 spokes, sealed hubs.
Are sealed hubs more durable, i.e. require re-greaseing less often?
"Neil Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Dear All,
I am looking for a good quality rear hub. There are plenty of models for
135mm axels but I am limited to 130mm max. I would like one that is sealed
and will take 36 spokes. Any suggestions.

"Neil Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

The problem is getting this combination: 130mm axel, 36 spokes, sealed
hubs.
Are sealed hubs more durable, i.e. require re-greaseing less often?
"Neil Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Dear All,
I am looking for a good quality rear hub. There are plenty of models for
135mm axels but I am limited to 130mm max. I would like one that is
sealed and will take 36 spokes. Any suggestions.

You still haven't said what your budget is, and if you want campag or
shimano cassettes (or even freehub!)

cheers,
clive

about £30 - 40 aprox. thereabouts, what would you suggest?
"Clive George" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"Neil Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

The problem is getting this combination: 130mm axel, 36 spokes, sealed
hubs.
Are sealed hubs more durable, i.e. require re-greaseing less often?
"Neil Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Dear All,
I am looking for a good quality rear hub. There are plenty of models for
135mm axels but I am limited to 130mm max. I would like one that is
sealed and will take 36 spokes. Any suggestions.

You still haven't said what your budget is, and if you want campag or
shimano cassettes (or even freehub!)

cheers,
clive

"Neil Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> I am looking for a good quality rear hub. There are plenty of models
> for 135mm axels but I am limited to 130mm max. I would like one that is
> sealed and will take 36 spokes. Any suggestions.

The problem is getting this combination: 130mm axel, 36 spokes, sealed
hubs.
Are sealed hubs more durable, i.e. require re-greaseing less often?

You still haven't said what your budget is, and if you want campag or
shimano cassettes (or even freehub!)

Quoted message said:

about £30 - 40 aprox. thereabouts, what would you suggest?

(apart from not top posting?)

Campag mirage hubs are doing quite well for me. 130mm, 36H, cartridge
bearings rather than cup/cone. Dunno how they do on "sealed", but they
haven't given bearing troubles yet despite a fairly miserable unmaintained
existence. If the bearings do start giving grief, I'll simply replace them -
I think they're fairly standard parts.

But that probably means going campag for the shifter and rear mech.

Posh hubs - hope, phil wood and the like - are way out of budget. If I
wanted a shimano cassetted rear hub for not too much money, I'd just get a
tiagra or 105 one (chain reaction look cheap), and maybe look after it a bit
more than I do my current ones. They're not that hard to regrease.

cheers,
clive

Neil Smith said:

The problem is getting this combination: 130mm axel, 36 spokes,
sealed hubs.

Campag Mirage/Veloce/latest Centaur -- if you're prepared to use a Campag or
Campag compatible cassette. They don't take Shimano cassettes.

Quoted message said:

Are sealed hubs more durable, i.e. require re-greaseing

"Sealed", as in sealed cartridge bearings, are designed to be entirely
maintenance-free and never re-greased. They're not more durable in the long
run, and, depending on model, may cause big problems if/when they eventually
wear out.

"Seals" can just mean gaskets or even dust caps, though, applied to hubs
with conventional bearings.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I am looking for a good quality rear hub. There are plenty of models
for 135mm axels but I am limited to 130mm max. I would like one that
is sealed and will take 36 spokes. Any suggestions.

I guess the 135mm ones you're thinking of have external additional
rubber-boot seals to keep out muck. Sorry I don't know of any 130mm ones
like that.

~PB

Ian Blake said:

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:58:54 +0100, "Neil Smith" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Dear All,
I am looking for a good quality rear hub. There are plenty of models for
135mm axels but I am limited to 130mm max. I would like one that is sealed
and will take 36 spokes. Any suggestions.

What is your budget?
What kind of cassette should it fit?

I recently replaced my rear wheel with a DT Swiss 240s available for Campag and
Shimano. I am very pleased with it.

I only just noticed that the 240s is not available with 36 drilling. DT do
make the Onyx hub with 36 holes. This is above your budget. It is a lot
cheaper from the German shops than the UK but is still above your budget.