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Jason
a Cross Country Rider
from CADate Reviewed: August 22, 2001
Strengths: Cheap, pretty good valueWeaknesses: The rear hub engagement broke on meBottom Line: I've taken these things on xc for about 500-800 miles. At most I've gone about 50MPH dh on road and have done a few jumps, drops, and hard sprinting. This rear hub shouldn't have had a broken engagement mech with such use. Jumping and drops can be ruled out of the equation b/c they don't really affect the engangement. The speed and sprints were only occasional. These hubs don't perform well. It's possible, though, that I got a lemon. But despite the drawbacks, the price is cheap, and the performance that I got during that one year was not too bad, so I'm goin' easy on the grading.
Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid:
$30.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: deore hubs
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Darth Vader
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from Crater of Mt. Fuji, Japan Date Reviewed: May 21, 2001
Strengths: EverythingWeaknesses: cheap looking, weight (who cares about weight anyway)Bottom Line: Hey why do people are giving bad reviews on cheap products?? come on you know that this product works but only cheap and you can't brag about it to your biking buddies who got huggies, chrisking, and other expensive hubs. am i right? I've trash this things, submerge it into muddy water, rain, drops, stairs, i beated the hell out of this crap but just can't destroy it. i want to destroy this to justify of buying new hubs but i just can't. i haven't grease this crap regularly maybe only 3x in 2 yrs but still smooth. and never been rebuild, bearings, caps, skewers were still original. 4 bcoz its ugly and cheap looking but performance for the price its very good
Favorite Trail: K2
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
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billy b
a Weekend Warrior
from south cakalackyDate Reviewed: January 29, 2001
Strengths: when used with pedals, made wheels moveWeaknesses: crappy build(machine built). after 2 years of moderate riding and light bombing, hubs feel like sandpaper is used as a lubricantBottom Line: crap wheels. spend the extra money when buying your bike. you won t notice it if your new to mtb, but you will eventually.
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Purchased At: lbs with bike
Similar Products Used: Mavic Crossrides and Xt w/Bontrager Mustangs
Bike Setup: Moab w/above, thompson post, few other nice upgrades
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Patrick Do Trong
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada, quebecDate Reviewed: May 31, 2000
Strengths: The hub itself is really nice .
It held up well during hard drop offs.
Requires plenty of grease to keep on rolling smoothly
plus it's a steal.pretty cheap...parallax systemWeaknesses: It fails you when u need it the most.
REquieres constant greasing and servicing ...
Kind of heavyBottom Line: The bottom line is.THE ROCK SAYS ..U know what i'm cookin?
Nevermind.....these hubs are allmost bullet proof...except when it comes to eating drops...and no repacking them.
Favorite Trail: Hard packed on the Mount-Royal
Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Similar Products Used: Shimano Deore 2000
Coda hubs
Bike Setup: I've installed the stx hubs on a mavic x138 rim.everything on a chromo bike...
xt equipped
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Dougal
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from englandDate Reviewed: March 30, 2000
Strengths: Brilliant seals, long life, heavy but bloody sturdy and built like a tankWeaknesses: ? at this price?Bottom Line: NO! I won't have anything bad said about these hubs. I had one for four years and it was never serviced and still ran smooth - it got rode through mud, rivers, snow all kinds of crap and just stuck in there. Superb, the best hub this kind of money can buy - oh, and surprisingly for shimano, the freehub never broke either!
Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Similar Products Used: lx, stx-rc, xtr
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Tim Gradoville
a Weekend Warrior
from Aurora, CO.Date Reviewed: July 21, 1999
Strengths:
Well, it looks like it could be pretty strongWeaknesses:
it is cheap crap. not stable at all, especially at high speeds. Sick ass flexBottom Line: Never ever buy this cheap crap. It has flex like I've never seen before and once I was going about 30+ mph when I tried to turn and the hub wouldn't allow me to. Needless to say, I ate it into a tree and was very pissed. If you are thinking about buying this product, please give me a call so I can personally beat your ass.
Favorite Trail:
3 Sisters
Duration Product Used:
more than 3 years
Bike Setup:
KHS AL2000, 97 Judy XC
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Matthew Larson
a racer
from North Vancouver,B.C CANADADate Reviewed: October 14, 1998
Bottom Line:
I live in North Vancouver,Canada where the radical and knarly terrain offers no forgiveness. Along with this I have an STX Hub to and I have had no problems with it. It holds up to six foot dropoffs and I have ridden hard on it for two years. I've got a few more words to write.VISIT THE NORTHSHORE IT HAS WORLD RENOWNED MTB TRAILS AND ALLISON SYDOR IS FROM HERE SO, COME VISIT AND BE AWARE OF US!!!!!P.S. Eat dolphin safe tuna that tottaly defeats the purpose
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Florian Breitenbach
a racer
from GermanyDate Reviewed: October 9, 1998
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Ive got the 96 rear hub. Ive raced it a year, had 2 broken spokes,
2 Cassettes and high pressure water pointed directly at it. In this time
not one gram of grease and they run smooooth.
I would recommend em to anyone on a tight budget, these rip.
good work shimano, dont really need xtr
5 big nice lovely chilis for the price etc
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fred
a weekend warrior
from Perth, AustraliaDate Reviewed: August 24, 1998
Bottom Line:
Shitmano STX mtb hubs make me want to chunder down under, I want to spew to Peru, I feel a need to toss to Charing Cross, they induce a need in me to puke to the city of DuBuque; in short, the cause in me an urge to hurl across the world. They bearing blew after about three week. Why--they had forgot to put in grease. These hubs suck. They suck, they make me ill. Shimano is pure evil. They Microsoft look good. Don't buy them. Negative trillion peppers!!!!
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Mabonzo
a cross-country rider
from Zimbabwe, Africa Date Reviewed: February 18, 1998
Bottom Line:
Having bought my bike in September and covered about 2500km on it I find that the
cassette is finished and the chain is now slipping. The ratio's I had on were great but now it
is playing up. Why can't these people make parts that last rather than rubbish you need to
replace regularly to buy their latest gimmick!!!
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