"It's also been mentioned (in some thread about Joes) that the rear hub is loud. It's not the loudest I've heard, but it is louder than average. Personally I find this to be a feature, since you can stop pedaling a bit when coming up behind people and they may hear you coming. It's less alarming than a bell. "
Back to rear hubs. This one is amazingly easy to take apart. From the moment my Appaloosa was hanging on its hook, pre-overhaul, to the moment it was hanging back up after I was done, was maybe 5 minutes. It comes apart with two 5mm allen keys and one 10mm allen key. 1. Drop the rear wheel 2. Pull the cassette (optional) 3. Use the two 5mm keys to unscrew and remove one endcap 4. 10mm key goes in the exposed axle, and a 5mm unscrews the other endcap 5. Pull the freehub body off with your hands to expose the pawls which live in the hubshell. The drive ring is part of the freehub body I used Finish Line Wet chain lube to quiet it down just a little, and threw it back together. Super easy. Anyway, the notable highlight that really struck me was in contrast to the high end Mavic wheels I've overhauled recently for the race team. One set of Crossmax and one set of Ksyrium. Both these really expensive Mavic wheels have exactly two pawls for freehub engagement. Each pawl engages with one notch in the driveshell. This Silver hub has SIX pawls, and each of those six pawls engages with two notches. It's a much nicer design. I know Rivendell didn't design it, but it's a solid design and I'm glad they selected it. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
