Final follow-up... I think it was a loosened freehub body. Whilst I
had the hub in my hands (fortunately for everyone that's the closest
I'll ever get to surgery) I took off the freehub and put it back on. I
didn't feel at the time that it changed from before to after. But
nothing I did really
I'd go with a Phil FW or cassette hub any and every day over a
Shimano. My reason is a Phil hub is completely rebuildable and user
serviceable. Shimano bearing races are not replaceable, and here we
are in 2010 and we're still servicing cups and cones in hubs? I was
burned once by a Shimano hub
I agree with Garth's analogy on hubs.
I tend to steer away from Shimano hubs, they are not bad, but I've had
much better luck with Phil's.
The new Shimano freewheels...I'm happy to see those.
Angus
On Apr 24, 8:19 am, Garth garth...@gmail.com wrote:
I'd go with a Phil FW or cassette hub any
Okay, just as kind of a follow-up...
I've opened up the notchy tick-ety tick-ety XT hub on my current
wheel. It appears to be missing a bearing. A local rider friend says
that's not uncommon in general with bike hubs. He was not speaking of
any particular brand or model.
I don't have any real
I have yet to regret a Phil-hubbed wheel.
On Apr 22, 6:44 am, Thomas Lynn Skean thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net
wrote:
Okay, just as kind of a follow-up...
I've opened up the notchy tick-ety tick-ety XT hub on my current
wheel. It appears to be missing a bearing. A local rider friend says
that's
I began riding [again, as an adult] at 501 pounds. Zero problems
[ever, and they are now on my wife's custom Bob Brown] with 40-hole
Sun Rhyno rims laced to a SON in front and a converted to 135mm
Shimano tandem cassette hub in rear.
Rode Schwalbe 'Big Apples' back then.
Again, never a single
Thanks for the Veloctiy Dyad comments.
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I see your 250lbs and raise you almost 20. When I first got my
current bike add another 30. I started with a Rambouillet with older
105 hubs on 32 spoke Mavic M3's which were built for the 200lb PO who
rode 27mm specialized tires. The rear rim lasted probably 3 months.
Solution: keep the
It was about 15 years ago, so I don't recall :-) I think it was a T217,
does that sound right? Their heavy touring rim at the time (mid-90's).
The Dyad had me worried as it doesn't have eyelets, but that has been a
non-issue.
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:15 PM, happyriding happyrid...@yahoo.com
From: happyriding happyrid...@yahoo.com
To: RBW Owners Bunch rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tue, April 20, 2010 1:50:41 AM
Subject: [RBW] Re: Heavy rider wheel issues
You might want to browse around Peter White's website, and see what he
has to say about
On Apr 20, 1:50 am, happyriding happyrid...@yahoo.com wrote:
I imagine that if you are going to get a Sam Hillborne, Rivendell is
going to recommend either the Velocity Dyad or Mavic 719 rims. The
Velocity Dyad's do not have a machined side wall. Machined side walls
are created by removing
Not a heavy rider, but would like to join the pro-Dyad chorus. The
Rock n' road has 40 spoke Dyads matched with Maxi Car hubs. The
wheels ride wonderful with full load or just me.
On Apr 20, 7:36 am, Leslie leslie.bri...@gmail.com wrote:
On Apr 20, 1:50 am, happyriding happyrid...@yahoo.com
On Apr 20, 2010, at 2:06 PM, CycloFiend wrote:
Hmmm... such spoke/failures (particularly without any pinch
flatting) would
point me back to looking at the dropout alignment or rear triangle
alignment
on the frame. You can get a sense of frame alignment with the
string test
described on
I'll add to the Dyad yap. I'm running a couple of machined 32H 700c
Dyads laced with 2.0 straight gauge to White Industry hubs built up by
Mark @ Hank + Frank's in Oakland. Bomb-proof. I'm now comin' in @
250 lbs. and hop curbs and railroad tracks (but have yet to jump the
draw-bridge) on my
I weigh 220 and don't have the problems you mention so you should be
able to find something. I ride a lot of SS mtb on a rigid bike in
rougher conditions that you describe. The wheels Rich Lesnik built for
me have been bombproof (White hub and Stan's rim -- not really
applicable to what you have
Hopefully your current XT hub is going to be OK. But if not, after
so many rear-hub failures, especially the kind you're describing, I'd
recommend going to 40H at a minimum or 48H ideally.I understand
your hesitation in spending $500 on a rear wheel, but it seems, with
hubs anyway, there
Get Rich to build up a Phil freewheel hub dishless, 36 spokes and 7
speed. This should last you a very long time, and in my opinion is
one of the best values in the wheel market at the moment. - Rob
On Apr 19, 10:02 am, Thomas Lynn Skean thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net
wrote:
Hi, all. I seek
Are 7 speed cassett or freewheels readily available? I thought that 7 and 8
speeds were getting hard to find. Jim D.
Massachusetts
--- On Mon, 4/19/10, rperks perks@gmail.com wrote:
From: rperks perks@gmail.com
Subject: [RBW] Re: Heavy rider wheel issues
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 12:42 -0700, James Dinneen wrote:
Are 7 speed cassett
7 speed cassettes are indeed available, and in all the original
combinations. The silver finish HG70s are starting to become
discontinued, but the black HG50s are readily available -- and they're
all pretty cheap
The hands
that build the wheels are key. Handbuilt wheels are different.
Speaking of handsI met Rich last month and shook hands with him.
Talk about hands! It was like grabbing on to a Christmas ham. Those
are some meaty paws. I doubt that one could correlate hand girth to
wheelbuilding
Another one to recommend a good wheel builder to build the wheels.
Besides Rich, Jim at Hiawatha here in MN is a good builder. He's
built all my wheels.
Agree more air in the tires is the cheapest fix. On 35mm Paselas, I'd
run them at 80 to 90 psi. A year or so ago I was that weight and
that's
Wow.I am 268 right now and ride old 80's Araya 27x1 1/4 in
rims/tires at 90 psi but the rim has been converted to a two speed and
is re dished to symmetrical. My hubs are old Suzue freewheel style and
no problems at all. These wheels have over 3000 miles on them in two
different
Hi Thomas,
My first thought was that you might have a habit of getting the bike
going cowboy style, with it leaned way over. You probably don't, but
any sideload on a wheel like that is going to jack it up in short
order. The other weird thought is... do you often lock your bike up
where a car
You might want to browse around Peter White's website, and see what he
has to say about wheels:
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/Wheels.asp
I imagine that if you are going to get a Sam Hillborne, Rivendell is
going to recommend either the Velocity Dyad or Mavic 719 rims. The
Velocity Dyad's do
Have one (Dyad) on our tandem and works fine. It was the replacement for
the Mavic rim that failed.
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:50 PM, happyriding happyrid...@yahoo.com wrote:
You might want to browse around Peter White's website, and see what he
has to say about wheels:
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