This is one of those "this is why we miss Sheldon" conversations.
-Justin "Pick up some Sheldon fender nuts today" August On Feb 19, 12:43 pm, bfd <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 18, 7:04 pm, EricP <[email protected]> wrote:> Interesting. As in the > 1980's I often could bend "oversized" solid > > axles. As in the ones with flats on two sides to fit in the > > dropouts. Then it was purely the metal quality. Cro-mo versus mild > > steel. > > May be it was metal quality. I never broke or don't know of anyone who > broke or bend NR axles. However, I broke 3 axles - 2 Campy, 1 Wheel > Mfrg - on my early 90s C-Record rear hub. It might have been poor > metal quality, misaligned dropouts (hard to align as my frame was > carbon), or that I was running a 7 speed fw instead of 5/6 that were > used on the NR hubs. > > > As to Campy, only have a passing knowledge of the brand. My actual > > ownership has been limited to a peanut butter wrench. They don't make > > items I've generally been interested in using. > > Campy products are usually very well made. On occasions, their > functionality or execution have not been up to standard - think delta > brakes and synchro shifters - but their hubs were never a problem. The > current generation of cassette hubs from 1999 to present have an > oversized axle. That makes up for the weaker inboard bearing design. > Nevertheless, you don't hear about axles breaking or bending. So, I > suspect the oversized axles is the key. Same with PW fw hubs, it uses > an oversized axle and you don't hear about Phil axles bending or > breaking. Good Luck! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
