For rear hubs, if I want to go the best I can possibly get for UBER-cheap, I like to go used Shimano M737. $25-$30 used. Tremendous value, and they come with one of the best QR skewers of all time.
If I'm sparing no expense, White Industries. I have sworn off aluminum cassette bodies forever. On Monday, May 5, 2014 8:14:15 AM UTC-7, Jim Bronson wrote: > > Pricing out parts for my build, the cost difference in hubs between the > bling hubs and say Shimano hubs are pretty noticable. A Chris King, Phil > Wood, et. al, are quite expensive, $350ish in the case of the Chris King, > $400+ in the case of the Phil. > > On the other hand, I found Tiagra 4600 rear hubs for as little as $24.45 > online, and 105 5700 rear hubs for $43.45. Now we all know that Shimano > hubs are loose ball bearing hubs, but in practice what is the functional > deficiency if the bearing preload is properly adjusted? Some people seem > to think the 105 hub is better sealed than the Tiagra and if so would be > worth $19 to me. But if not...? Rivendell sells 105 5500 hubs on their > site, so they must not be that bad. > > To give some more background, I have a Chris King hub on a frame I was > planning on selling. The plan was to re-use the CK hub on my new build. > Different wheel size, so I would need to start over with new rims and > spokes either way. But if I could sell the CK for $200 or more, and > replace it with say a 105 or even a Deore hub, that would help me get my > build together faster. The new frame is spaced 132.5 so can take 130 or > 135. > > I also don't love the fact that the CK hub needs to be taken apart and > re-lubed yearly. I had an issue before with the lube drying out and > causing the hub to be sticky on transition from pedaling to coasting when > my service interval was too long. That being said, the polished silver CK > is a bit more aesthetically pleasing than the dull silver Shimano hubs. > > My main criteria is that the hub is sealed well against water intrusion > and rolls down the road easily. Low maintenance is a plus. A difference > in weight of 100 grams is not meaningful to me. Bling is nice, but my > priority is function over form. It does need to be silver, of course. > > Replacing the CK with a mid-priced cartridge bearing hub might be another > option. The Velo Orange hubs look pretty nice. I'm guessing they would > probably would require less maintenance than the CK hubs and if the > cartridge bearings are of good quality they would probably be well sealed. > > -Jim > > -- > Keep the metal side up and the rubber side down! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
