The prevailing worry is your cassette cogs will dig into the splines and make it difficult to remove your cassette down the line. It's a pretty common thing for riders like us to just say "enough, I'm never buying an alloy cassette body again". It's one of the reasons many of us think Deore XT from the late 90's early 00's were so great. So many of them that they are really cheap. Still made in Japan so they were good quality. Steel axles and steel driveshells so your gears come off easy, no matter what you do. The only acceptable lightweight alternative for many is Ti (white industries, Dura Ace).
If Rich says they are nice then I trust they are nice, but many in this group will hear alloy drive shell and will steer clear. It's a fact. I'd probably give them a shot, but if Riv had asked me to spec their Silver rear hub, I would have advised a steel driveshell for this reason. One less thing to have to talk about. The gram savings mean nothing in the context of a Rivendell. Maybe this particular alloy driveshell is "just as rugged", or close enough, but maybe it's not. Steel would not have been less rugged, and would have been heavier. The handwringers will wring hands more over alloy than they would have over the heavier weight. On Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 12:38:47 PM UTC-7, Ginz wrote: > > So, does anyone think they can wear out the alloy freehub body? :) > > > -- 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.
