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On my way home last night, I stripped the cheap singlespeed hub on my
road bike. After making "the call" and sitting around cold for a
while, I decided that the overall experience was less desirable than
other experiences, say riding home on a bike that works. I think I'd
like to avoid repeating this in the future, when possible.
Since I use this bike for commuting, I need it fixed quick. With all
the things I have going on, getting a new hub & rebuilding the wheel
isn't going to work. I'm going to have to buy something that's
already in-stock at a shop, and I'm not sure that my normal shop will
have any in stock. If they don't this purchase will likely require an
on-the-spot decision in a shop I don't know, with employees I don't
know I can trust to help me make the right decision. .
I'm leaning toward flip-flop. One freewheeling, once fixed. I'd
appreciate any experience anyone has had with any such hub, good or
bad. The more I know when I walk in, the more likely I figure I am to
walk out with a wheel that will last.
Also, is it bad form to ask the shop where you don't know the guys if
a wheel was hand built & stress relieved? No big deal either way, but
if machine built I'd like to relieve them myself before I start riding
them. I'm under the impression that if they were hand built &
relieved, there's no point and possible folly in doing it again.
Thanks,
Dan
road bike. After making "the call" and sitting around cold for a
while, I decided that the overall experience was less desirable than
other experiences, say riding home on a bike that works. I think I'd
like to avoid repeating this in the future, when possible.
Since I use this bike for commuting, I need it fixed quick. With all
the things I have going on, getting a new hub & rebuilding the wheel
isn't going to work. I'm going to have to buy something that's
already in-stock at a shop, and I'm not sure that my normal shop will
have any in stock. If they don't this purchase will likely require an
on-the-spot decision in a shop I don't know, with employees I don't
know I can trust to help me make the right decision. .
I'm leaning toward flip-flop. One freewheeling, once fixed. I'd
appreciate any experience anyone has had with any such hub, good or
bad. The more I know when I walk in, the more likely I figure I am to
walk out with a wheel that will last.
Also, is it bad form to ask the shop where you don't know the guys if
a wheel was hand built & stress relieved? No big deal either way, but
if machine built I'd like to relieve them myself before I start riding
them. I'm under the impression that if they were hand built &
relieved, there's no point and possible folly in doing it again.
Thanks,
Dan