On Feb 17, 9:28 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > No problem. I presume you're a lightweight as I broken 3 rear axles, > > including 2 Campy and 1 wheel mfg, in about a 2 year period when I > > decided to switch to cassette rear hub. That was back in 1997 and I > > haven't broken an axle yet. May be it was the C-Record rear hub > > design, bad luck with axles or may be my fat butt. Whatever the > > reason, in the last 12+ years, I've used DA and Campy rear hubs and > > NEVER had a problem. > > While adult male weights have gone up over the past 40 years, they > have not gone up to the point where one can say that freewheel axles > are always at risk. > Don't you ride maxi-car fw hubs? If so, those never break either!
> That said, C-Record FW were notorius for their weak axles. Paul is > not Campagnolo. > That's interesting. Now when I think back, I never had a NR rear axle break, only the C-Record. I wonder what was the difference. > All things being equal, cassettes should be the first choice for a new > frame. The Jono is by design for people either restoring an old frame > of making a new wheel for an old frame they do not want to alter to > fit wider cassette hubs. Time will tell, but given my experience with > other Paul products, I expect the Jono will fill this role admirably. > Agree, Paul makes great stuff. Hopefully, the Jono is a sturdy hub ala Phil Wood fw hub. Good Luck! -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
