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What did you do to your bike today? (v2)
sinkoman:
Threw a new tire on, and in the process discovered that my axle is bent slightly!
I wasn't too bothered though, but when I bolted everything back up, I discovered that the hub was binding slightly. The ride into work today seemed to loosen things up a bit (yay bearings!), but I think it's just time to change out this hub. It's been 5 years and a tone of problems already, so i'm over it (great hub though).
Trying to decide now between a Primo Remix and the Animal Javelin.
In the process of fiddling with my wheel, I also discovered that my shadow chain has stretched so much that I can pop a whole 'nother link out! It's either that, or I didn't slam it properly when I first threw it on, but i'm 99% sure I did.
Still trying to decide if I should even bother taking the link out, or just leaving the back end long. I run 4 pegs, so not clipping my heel on the peg anymore is kinda nice, and my frame is a little on the short size anyways (20.5"), so I don't think the longer rear end will really make for a radically different feeling bike.
Anybody have any advice on hubs? Also, has anybody heard of a chain stretching by as much as an entire (half) link!?!?!
mrjimyjohn:
If you have a lot of chain (big gearing) It's entirely possible for a chain to stretch that much.
What hub were you previously riding? If you grind a lot you'll probably like a Ratchet. If you aren't such a hack but you still want a good big axle try an Odyssey Antigram.
Primo Remix is shit IMO because it uses tiny fucking bearings, but apparently not all that many people hate it. Animal Javelin is nice if you want to go male, (for whatever reason, lol) I have a few friends riding them with no problems so far.
sinkoman:
--- Quote from: mrjimyjohn;3625001 ---If you have a lot of chain (big gearing) It's entirely possible for a chain to stretch that much.
What hub were you previously riding? If you grind a lot you'll probably like a Ratchet. If you aren't such a hack but you still want a good big axle try an Odyssey Antigram.
Primo Remix is shit IMO because it uses tiny fucking bearings, but apparently not all that many people hate it. Animal Javelin is nice if you want to go male, (for whatever reason, lol) I have a few friends riding them with no problems so far.
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Only running 25/9, but maybe the stress from the smaller gearing is what caused the thing to stretch so much.
Now I gotta do epic battle with my bicycle OCD to determine if I actually want to take that extra link out!
The hub that's fucking up on me is a Primo Mix. I think it's a great hub, but i'm being 100% honest when I say that this thing has been nothing but problems since I got it. I've had all sorts of nasty issues with the cone nuts not staying put. They typically tighten themselves down when I bolt my wheel back up, which causes the hub to stop moving in either direction, so any back wheel fiddling becomes a nightmare. On multiple occasions they cranked down so hard that the spacer between the driver and hub shell bearings flattened itself out into an egg shape, rendering the entire hub useless until it was filed into an at least slightly circular shape, and some random washers were added to get the spacing back.
My choices are based mostly on what the LBS has in stock. They've got a Ratchet too, but i've heard a bunch of local hearsay about them blowing up, so i'm wary...
mrjimyjohn:
I assume by blowing up you're talking about the bearings? In which case I find that very hard to believe, as all the Gsport hubs have much bigger bearings than anything else on the market...
sinkoman:
--- Quote from: mrjimyjohn;3625018 ---I assume by blowing up you're talking about the bearings? In which case I find that very hard to believe, as all the Gsport hubs have much bigger bearings than anything else on the market...
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Well, to be honest, i'm not too sure exactly how it went bad. Like I said, it's all hearsay (IE "Yeah brah, I hear X Y and Z all broke theirs bla bla bla!!!") , so it's probably not fair for me to really slam the hub at all. I'm sure they're great, it might have just been one of the earlier ones (which I heard had problems).
I think i'm gonna go with the Javelin though, since I can get that + the guard (or the female axle kit) for close to the same price as just a ratchet. That, and they just look super slick too!
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