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- From: josh@Happy-Man.com (Joshua_Putnam)
- Subject: Re: Non-cartridge hubs (was LX DX XT XTR Confusion)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.202806.27727@Happy-Man.com>
- Reply-To: Joshua_Putnam@happy-man.com
- Organization: Happy Man Corp., Vashon Island, WA 98070-7399
- References: <C1An3G.2zD@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1993Jan24.211813.15255@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:28:06 GMT
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- In <1993Jan24.211813.15255@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu> haker@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu (Michael Haker) writes:
-
- >My questions: Are there any non-cartridge mountain bike hubs out there
- >which would be compatible with a shimano freewheel?
-
- Any threaded hub will take a freewheel with the same thread
- standard, so it's really a question of the other specifications
- -- spacing, width, holes, etc. I'd expect you could find
- suitable hubs, but lots of shops have stopped carrying good
- quality freewheel hubs with loose bearings.
-
- >Can you still buy
- >Shimano freewheels?
-
- It's getting hard to find high-quality freewheels, but you can
- still get them.
-
- >Is there anything special about Hyperglide compatible
- >derailleurs that require them to be used with hyperglide gears? Or can
- >one rebuild a cartridge hub, and how hard is it (probably not as simple as
- >getting a bag of bearings and some grease)?
-
- It's simpler but harder -- all you usually need to do is take out
- the axle and pull the cartridges whole then replace them with new
- ones. Simple, in that you only replace 2 parts instead of two
- dozen, but hard if you aren't used to pulling and pressing
- cartridge bearings. Once you get the hang of it, bearing
- replacement can be pretty quick -- I've done it in under 10
- minutes on the trail.
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