Some hub advice
PashleyRider
Posts: 180
Hello,
I recenly bought a 'good condition' Whyte 15mm front hub off eBay and unfortunately it arrived with a bent flange. I have had no contact back from the seller and doubt I will... It cost £12 delivered after they accepted my 'best offer'
This is the damage:
Now, will I be able to get away with running it? It is bent 1.5mm inwards and affects 1 spoke hole. I understand that trying to bend it back is not a good plan as it will weaken it further. The rest of the hub is fine and looks like new. I do XC mainly I guess, with a few little jumps and drops on the way, just the usual trail centre stuff.
Alternatively, what front hub should I be looking to get? I currently have a 9mm front setup (I was going to make an adaptor for the Whyte 15mm to run a 9mm through axle). I really can't afford to spend much, but will save if i have to as I want something that will run on 9/15/20mm forks to keep it reasonably futureproof. The Superstars seem a bit hit and miss with the bearings (and with new decent bearings you are entering Hope price territory), and Hopes don't seem to get much praise either with many people on here... or are they just being fussy?
I recenly bought a 'good condition' Whyte 15mm front hub off eBay and unfortunately it arrived with a bent flange. I have had no contact back from the seller and doubt I will... It cost £12 delivered after they accepted my 'best offer'
This is the damage:
Now, will I be able to get away with running it? It is bent 1.5mm inwards and affects 1 spoke hole. I understand that trying to bend it back is not a good plan as it will weaken it further. The rest of the hub is fine and looks like new. I do XC mainly I guess, with a few little jumps and drops on the way, just the usual trail centre stuff.
Alternatively, what front hub should I be looking to get? I currently have a 9mm front setup (I was going to make an adaptor for the Whyte 15mm to run a 9mm through axle). I really can't afford to spend much, but will save if i have to as I want something that will run on 9/15/20mm forks to keep it reasonably futureproof. The Superstars seem a bit hit and miss with the bearings (and with new decent bearings you are entering Hope price territory), and Hopes don't seem to get much praise either with many people on here... or are they just being fussy?
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I wouldn't use it, that's for sure.
It is more costly to build a wheel than buy a new one usually (or second hand complete wheel). By the time you have got he rim, measured everything, got the spokes it can cost quite a bit.0 -
I have the spokes and rim already, and I build the wheels myself, so that part is not an issue
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A different hub will almost definitely require new spokes, unless all the dimensions are identical.
Out of interest what rim?0 -
Its identical measurements to my current hub, of which the wheel has only done about 100 miles of light work so the spokes will be fine (just rebuilt the rear wheel onto an SLX hub with no issues). The rim is a stock Rockrider one from my 6.3, nothing special but seems pretty solid. It's certainly good enough for now0
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I'd have thought they'd be way different given that one is QR, the other a 15mm, the flanges are usually higher. Odd! Either way I wouldn't be happy with that hub, obviously had a big knock, and bent aluminium is weakened aluminium.
As an aside, this was the sort of wheel I was looking at:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... tedKingdom0 -
Weirdly it is the same dimensions, I was suprised too! You are more than likely right, the hub is probably not worth the effort of building, then finding its broken a few miles into a ride.
That wheel does look good value, and the weight doesnt look too bad either considering its seemingly designed to take a bit of abuse. I am very tempted! Shame it only comes in silver, but thats nothing some paint cant fix. I guess all I will need to do is drill out the QR adaptors from 5mm to 9mm (removing the tabs that sit in the forks) to run a 9mm through QR?0 -
The 9mm through QR would require some other sort of adaptor, not sure that they do them for that wheel.0
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I have seen on the Hope QR adaptors that people just drill them out for 9mm, as simple as that it seems0
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Might work, something I have never tried though lol!0
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Well seeing as I have the 9mm QR I may as well use it! Alternatively I could just finish making the end caps for this...
Yeah thats right...a cartridge bearing shimano hub
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