directional hubs

supafly1982
supafly1982 Posts: 631
edited February 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
i bought a new shimano deore hub cheap so i could build a wheel, however im pretty confused about how to lace it as its totaly different from normanl hubs,

can anyone advise please?

cheers
scott

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  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    A deore is about as normal as you get - in what way is it different.

    Directional?

    You need the rotor holding system to be on the caliper side.
  • supafly1982
    supafly1982 Posts: 631
    take a look at this link, , this is the rear where as mines is for front, as you can see its not as normal as you can get, look at the holes

    http://www.google.co.uk/images?rlz=1T4A ... 19&bih=601

    heres the only pic i can find of the front hub, its an old ebay link
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Shimano-Deore-M55 ... 0610534458
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    But why would you buy something you have no idea how to build. You'll struggle to work out the required spoke lengths ect.

    Shimano have a habit of fads and I think this falls into that.

    Normal is flanged hubs with a j-bend spoke - it's been like that for years and is unlikely to change much into the distant future either.
  • supafly1982
    supafly1982 Posts: 631
    Chunkers1980 wrote:
    But why would you buy something you have no idea how to build. You'll struggle to work out the required spoke lengths ect.

    Shimano have a habit of fads and I think this falls into that.

    Normal is flanged hubs with a j-bend spoke - it's been like that for years and is unlikely to change much into the distant future either.

    why would i buy it? 1) it was cheap. 2) i want to build a wheel (cheap) to practice. 3) it was listed on here as a shimano deore hub, not listed as directional. now then, as its a fad and not that common then its pretty safe to assume i wasnt expecting it to be directional, as it is, and not flanged.

    thats pretty much how it came into my posession
  • cavegiant
    cavegiant Posts: 1,546
    sounds an interesting hub, can you please post a photo as I have no clue what you mean by directional and want to know
    Why would I care about 150g of bike weight, I just ate 400g of cookies while reading this?
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Tha's why it was cheap.
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  • supafly1982
    supafly1982 Posts: 631
    cooldad wrote:
    Tha's why it was cheap.

    yup :lol: it will be an experience, i will say that much lol

    hub.jpg
  • cavegiant
    cavegiant Posts: 1,546
    WTF!
    Why would I care about 150g of bike weight, I just ate 400g of cookies while reading this?
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    it is no different to build than any other except working out the lengths needed can be a bit harder if you dont have the required info.

    you still have an outer and an inner spoke.

    HBM555_2.jpg

    hub specs
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  • supafly1982
    supafly1982 Posts: 631
    nicklouse wrote:
    it is no different to build than any other except working out the lengths needed can be a bit harder if you dont have the required info.

    you still have an outer and an inner spoke.

    HBM555_2.jpg

    hub specs

    thanks for the link

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