Thanks all for the information. Eric: I assume you've had no problem with bearing tension after the swap to the QR axle?
The price certainly looks good. Jim: care to comment on QR conversion of this hub and comparison with Surley? On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:18 AM, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > Been using an All City hub. Didn't have a problem with it last year > and about 500 or so miles. (The bike it is on switches between single > speed and 1x8 or 9). Jim Thill at Hiawatha suggested it as a more > reliable model than the Surly. And the price is about the same. > Comes as a bolt on, but with hollow axle for quick release conversion > (which I did on mine.) > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > On Feb 7, 9:46 am, "Jim M." <mather...@gmail.com> wrote: >> The QB and SO are both 120 spaced at the rear. The original QB hub >> with quick release was made for Riv by Suzue. It was a free/free flip >> flop, though I fixed mine with a BB lock ring and some loctite. I >> think the SO hub might be a free/fix but it is 120. I've also used >> White Industries hubs. They don't have quick release but they bolt on >> with an allen wrench. In field testing, I haven't found bolt-on hubs >> to be that significantly slower than quick release. >> >> On Feb 6, 10:17 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > I've got a Surley on the Riv commuter and adjusting bearing tension >> > has always been problematical; better since I re-swapped the QR axle >> > for a solid one, but still hard to find that elusive spot between play >> > and binding. I've not had this problem with any other rear hub, QR or >> > solid. >> >> > Beside Phil, can anyone recommend a QR compatible (or adaptable) rear >> > fixed/free hub in either 126 or 130 OL? You Quickbeam and SimpleOne >> > owners ought to have some ideas, no? >> >> > Thanks. >> >> > -- >> > Patrick Moore >> > Albuquerque, NM >> > For professional resumes, contact >> > Patrick Moore, ACRWhttp://resumespecialties.com/index.html- Hide quoted >> > text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- 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.
