[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
I like the noise as safety feature and sounds so nice so I am not oiling the pawls. But good to know if I ever decide to. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
I second Igor's recommendation; too much grease can gunk up the pawls. A light oil is better than grease. If you use grease, use a small amount. I have about 1500 miles on my VO touring hub, with zero problems. On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 7:23 PM Ash wrote: > Have this hub on my Joe A. 14 months and 3k or so miles later, it is good > as new. > > That said, because of the loud ratchet sound, I was thinking of replacing > the wheel in favor of XT hub. > > Thanks to Lum for opening this thread. And William, can't thank you > enough for the grease idea. The problem is solved! > > I squeezed a quarter tube of grease into the ratchet well. No I can > barely hear it. It is so quiet I'm beginning to wonder if all that grease > is going to cause some other problem! Anyway, I enjoy the rides a lot more > now. > > oh and I had one small issue with this hub. I do not know the names of > various parts of the hub, but the thing that slides into the frame was ever > so slightly bigger. Had to file that piece just a bit. > > > > > > On Saturday, 13 October 2018 11:58:17 UTC-7, William! wrote: >> >> I have the disc version of this hub on two wheelsets. A year in and I >> still love it. The noise does quiet down after a bit, particularly if you >> pack it full of grease. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
Hey Lum! Glad to hear you're enjoying the hub! We suggest using a light oil over grease for the pawls. The reason being is that the grease has a tendency to make the pawls stick to the freehub body and prevent proper engagement. It isn't a big deal off the get-go and probably won't be a big deal at all, but that is our suggestion from miles and miles and years and years of testing these hubs. Let's go Ohs! Igor On Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 12:37:57 PM UTC-4, Lum Gim Fong wrote: > > Rear hub. Takes 11sp, 7/8/9/10 with spacer. > I run 8speed. > You have choice of Shimano or Campy type freehub body. > Roadside serviceable. > Disassembles and reassembles by hand -no tools needed. > Replace a spoke roadside. > Install new bearngs no tools required. > > Looks amazing. High flange. And they coast loud > Not Chris King Angry Bee loud. But close. > I normally want silence out of my tear hubs. > But I find that like the sound, and have found the sound of the large > pawls to add to the exhiliration of coasting. Very refreshing sound. > Also, as a major plus- I don’t need a bell. > The sound of me coasting scatters pedestrians and deer alike. Even from > yards away. > So the noise serves a safety purpose, too. > Pics to come. > I really like that, when the time cones, I can easily redo the bearing > cartriges myself. Big plus. Pop em in and keep riding. No need to buy a new > hub or pay as much as a new one for service, like I woukd for my LX hubs. > > Pics to come. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
My family is from Baltimore. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
It is “Upper Chesapeake Adenoidal”, or “Baltimorese”accent, which the Baltimore natives speak. “Oryuls” is the Orioles baseball team. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
Sorry, some non baseball fans like me may be wondering; what's with the accent? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
Let's go ride are biy-kes and den go sit out on da stewps and drink some Natty Bo's! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
On Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 8:26:50 AM UTC-7, Lum Gim Fong wrote: > > If ah puwt aneey baseball cards in mah spoekes its gunna be 70's Oryuls, > Hon! > My Appaloosa don't want none Unless it's got Oryuls, hon! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
If ah puwt aneey baseball cards in mah spoekes its gunna be 70's Oryuls, Hon! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
Please call me before inserting a Honus Wagner card in your spokes. I will source and deliver the alternative in exchange. Pittsburgh Pirate and philanthropist to the kids in the town I went to high school and the Pirates did spring training, Hot Springs, AR. His family also snubbed Grant's wish to use that name. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 10:36:45 AM UTC-4, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > Yes, but don't forget, baseball cards used in Rivendell bicycles should > predate the 1980s. 1970s Oakland A's are preferable. (Honus Wagner cards > would be the ultimate of course). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
Yes, but don't forget, baseball cards used in Rivendell bicycles should predate the 1980s. 1970s Oakland A's are preferable. (Honus Wagner cards would be the ultimate of course). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
You could always stick baseball cards in the spokes of the Ram? Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
I rode my Ram the other day with the LX hub and was near silent- missed the noise. I rode the Roadeo with the VO today and I like the noise better than silent. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
Have this hub on my Joe A. 14 months and 3k or so miles later, it is good as new. That said, because of the loud ratchet sound, I was thinking of replacing the wheel in favor of XT hub. Thanks to Lum for opening this thread. And William, can't thank you enough for the grease idea. The problem is solved! I squeezed a quarter tube of grease into the ratchet well. No I can barely hear it. It is so quiet I'm beginning to wonder if all that grease is going to cause some other problem! Anyway, I enjoy the rides a lot more now. oh and I had one small issue with this hub. I do not know the names of various parts of the hub, but the thing that slides into the frame was ever so slightly bigger. Had to file that piece just a bit. On Saturday, 13 October 2018 11:58:17 UTC-7, William! wrote: > > I have the disc version of this hub on two wheelsets. A year in and I > still love it. The noise does quiet down after a bit, particularly if you > pack it full of grease. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
On Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 1:53:11 PM UTC-5, Lum Gim Fong wrote: > > I don’t think it is too bad. > VO says put Phils oil on pawls to quiet them if you like. > I’m not going to bother. > Not too loud for me. > I have a couple of VO freehubs and don't find the ratchet sound to be too loud. Pretty similar to the White Ind hub on my brevet bike. The Phil on my tandem is notably louder.The Shimano on my Cheviot is a lot quieter, but has been pumped full of oil to try to turn it back to a free hub from a fixed hub. Winter commuting miles on salt-covered streets took a toll! Ted Durant Milwaukee, WI (where postseason baseball is helping me forget all about the inevitability of commuting on salty streets again soon) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] Re: One month VO Touring rear hub review.
Bmx guys get really proud of how loud their hubs can be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRnj1he3beU I have a Profile Madera single speed hub spaced out to 120mm for my single speed commuter and have found the buzzing bees of coasting is easier and more effective than pinging my bell. And pedaling backwards really gets those pawls thrumming. On Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 10:36:28 AM UTC-7, Ginz wrote: > > Just watched some you tube videos. Wow. That’s some noise. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
