On Nov 4, 2011, at 3:04 PM, cyclotour...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Chris, thanks for throwing the DT option out there. They seem to > have so many alpha-numberic model names that I didn't even want to > start delving into them. But the 240 are a good starting place? > Quiet-ish?
No. Loud and somewhat non-reliable (pawl slippage in cold weather). Many of these boutique hubs have significant design compromises especially in pawl design. They tend to be different for the sake of different and avoiding patent issues. I've had some of the hubs from some of the makers that have been talked about, none were better than standard Shimano or Campy hubs in terms of performance and most had significant shortcomings. When it comes to hubs you're really not going to get better performance and reliability than you can from Shimano. If I was going to buy a boutique hub, it would be Phil. They've been at it longer than anyone else in that market and have worked the bugs out. Best of the lot in boutique hubs IMHO. -- 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.
