Back in the 1980's (before the big layoff from cycling) used to regularly bend and/or break rear freewheel hub axles. Usually low level Shimano or Suntour. Including Suntour XC. Back then my weight was about 190. My low tech solution - replace the cones and axles with nutted solid axles. Cro-mo. The mild steel ones would bend also.
This was on early mountain bikes and the 130mm hub spacing seemed to be the culprit. Have not had a problem with a cassette hub. Have also not had a problem with my Phil FW hub on my Sam Hillborne. Even when first getting back on the bike, didn't have a problem with cassette hubs although my weight at that time was around 350 pounds. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Feb 17, 4:18 pm, bfd <bfd...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
