on 12/2/08 11:45 AM, Bill Rhea at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm 6'3", 200lbs and have broken axles twice on Campy Nuovo Record > hubs. I had a Phil Wood freewheel hub many years ago, which was > pretty much indestructible (until a thief separated me from that old > Bontrager mountain bike - sniff). I've never had any issues with > cassette hub axles. > > However, this brings me to my AHH.... I didn't have a 135mm spaced, > 700c rear wheel to put on the AHH and did not have the coin to just go > out and buy one, so I resurrected an old but true pair of Specialized > sealed hubs (maybe made by Suzue back in the early 80's?) laced to > Mavic MA 40's to run on this bike. Needing to respace the hub from > 126 to 135, I was turned away from 3 shops until, lo and behold, I > found a NOS titanium axle of the exact length to fit the bill that had > been sitting in a drawer in Menlo Velo since, well, the 80's. > > So far the wheels feel strong and silky smooth, but I am a bit worried > that I may break that axle at an inconvenient moment (like the > upcoming Moss Beach Randonnee). > > What do you guys think? Place your bets on when / if that axle will > break.... Meanwhile, should I save my pennies for a decent cassette > hub, or go Phil Wood / freewheel? > > -br > "my first post to the RBW group!"
Hi Bill - Thanks for posting. You probably know better than us whether you "ride light" or not. If you broke two Campy axles in two rides, then I'd worry. But, if you tend to not bang up wheels or rims, and the conversion was done by an able mechanic, then I'd be less concerned. The bikes I've broken axles on tended to have misaligned dropouts. I'd be less worried on the AHH for that. I'd probably be concerned for the spokes and nipples on the old MA40, so you should go through that, too. good luck! - Jim -- Jim Edgar [EMAIL PROTECTED] ³Velvet pillows, safari parks, sunglasses: people have become woolly mice. They still have bodies that can walk for five days and four nights through a desert of snow, without food, but they accept praise for having taken a one-hour bicycle ride.² - Tim Krabbe, "The Rider" Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Send In Your Photos! - Here's how: http://www.cyclofiend.com/guidelines --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
