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Class Components WC Freehub
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Submitted by
Bones
a Cross Country Rider
from Kansas City
Date Reviewed: November 19, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Good, solid and simple. Has worked with little maintenance over five years | | Weaknesses: | Must be taken apart regularly for cleaning and lubrication or it won't engage properly | | Similar Products Used: | XT, LX hubs | | Bike Setup: | Ibis tandem with Mostly XT stuff/Chris King Headset | | Bottom Line: | One of the prettiest hubs out there. But that doesn't really mean anything. Easy to service and reliable. You MUST clean and lub regularly though. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Conrad Smith
a Cross Country Rider
from New Zealand
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Redwoods Rotorua New Zealand | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | Pedal Pushers | | Strengths: | Sealed bearings (4 in rear hub), easily disasembled to clean and oil, strong design. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy compared to the new products. No colour options.
Freehub needs oiling, no grease or the pawls stick.Not a hassle as two allen keys and the hub comes apart. | | Similar Products Used: | LX, XT, other cheap stuff. | | Bike Setup: | Sunn Exact ti 01 with lots of ti bits | | Bottom Line: | A good hub set that requires a bit of servicing in the rear hub free wheel to keep it running freely. Otherwise a good product that is strong for us heavier guys.(90+kg)
Five for value front & rear for $150 NZ
Four maintance on the rear hub.Much easier than servicing an XTR though. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
George
a Cross-Country Rider
from Dublin, CA
Date Reviewed: December 12, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Mammoth | | Duration Product Used: |
more than 3 years | | Strengths: |
sealed cartidge bearings, smooth, maintenance free(just clean and oil the paws in the cassette body periodically. titanium cassette body. | | Weaknesses: |
none | | Similar Products Used: |
King, Shimano LX,XT, STX | | Bike Setup: |
GT LTS | | Bottom Line: | These hubs are still running smooth after three plus years. Never grease the paws in the titanium cassette body, always use a good oil. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Cross-Country Rider
from Temecula, CA
Date Reviewed: July 13, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Superman | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Light,
Strong,
Dependable | | Weaknesses: |
None yet | | Similar Products Used: |
XT | | Bike Setup: |
Specialized Rockhopper,
Judy XC,
9.0 sl | | Bottom Line: | The very best. My friend is racing and jumping on a 28 hole front and rear and has no problem with them.(raidial front and 3x rear) He weighes 140 lbs. I do the same on 32 hole.(2x front and 3x rear) Still smooth and sweet. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Walt Wehner
a Cross-Country Rider
from Los Alamos, NM
Date Reviewed: May 28, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Quemazon | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Was on sale, sealed well, easy to work on. | | Weaknesses: |
Breaks easily, loud | | Similar Products Used: |
Shimano STX, XT, Chris King | | Bike Setup: |
Hardtail | | Bottom Line: | This hub sucks. The pawls don't engage properly a lot of the time, and so you have to constantly take it apart and fix them. Also, I managed to break 2 pawls entirely pedal-kicking up over some rocks. Not a good product by any stretch of the imagination. Service wasn't great either - they questioned whether I really had a WC hub and got quite huffy when I asked if the pawls broke often. | Overall Rating: |
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