New old wheels, should I be worried about this marked freehub?

daniel_b

Hi guys,

just took delivery of a second hand (sub 1000 mile) set of cycleclinic carbon disc wheels, which were built at the end of 2015.

The freehub is fairly marked, is this anything to worry about........?

IMG_20160622_112207 by Daniel 2009, on Flickr

I bought a pair of wheels from Rose that did a similar thing, and made a horrible noise, they are sat in the garage at the moment gathering dust, just hoping this will not affect these wheels.
Won't be able to test them for at least 3 weeks, as am going away.

Would appreciate your input, and presumably if it does need a new freehub, I would imagine that would not be too expensive........?

rs6mra1

IMHO nothing to worry about

trek_dan

Wouldn't worry at all, all alloy freehubs do this. Consistent with mileage IMO.

daniel_b

Nice one, thanks chaps - just wanted a second opinion.

Think most of the cassettes I have changed have been on super cheap R500 types of wheels, which probably don't have aluminium hubs, hence the lack of marking on them - puts my mind at rest!

Cheers

Dan

Bobbinogs

Once you stick a cassette on it you won't even see it so chill...











...mind you, the marking will always be there and you will always remember it...

daniel_b

Bobbinogs wrote:

Once you stick a cassette on it you won't even see it so chill...











...mind you, the marking will always be there and you will always remember it...

LOL, I don't give a monkeys about the marking, it wa s more if it was going to cause squeaking or some weird noise when under load, now I know it is purely cosmetic, it ceases to be of any concern
I can focus fully on my holiday now, and getting bikes packed!

veronese68

Oh no, they're scrap. To help you out I'll give you a tenner for them.
Is that a Novatec hub? They do that, I know mine have. It can make it a bit harder to get the cassette off as you have to free it off of the indentations, but no problems in use.

daniel_b

Veronese68 wrote:

Oh no, they're scrap. To help you out I'll give you a tenner for them.
Is that a Novatec hub? They do that, I know mine have. It can make it a bit harder to get the cassette off as you have to free it off of the indentations, but no problems in use.

This is the spec:
38mm full carbon rims
CX-Ray spokes (24F/24R)
Novatec D771/772 hubs (QR or 15/12mm thru axle with included adapters)
1545g

Bought as summer wheels for my winter bike - it made sense at the time.

arlowood

Daniel B wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Oh no, they're scrap. To help you out I'll give you a tenner for them.
Is that a Novatec hub? They do that, I know mine have. It can make it a bit harder to get the cassette off as you have to free it off of the indentations, but no problems in use.

This is the spec:
38mm full carbon rims
CX-Ray spokes (24F/24R)
Novatec D771/772 hubs (QR or 15/12mm thru axle with included adapters)
1545g

Bought as summer wheels for my winter bike - it made sense at the time.

If it bothers you BDOP offer replacement freehubs specified as Anti-bite Guard (ABG). They are supposed to be much less prone to marking and gouging from cassettes

http://www.bdopcycling.com/Wheel%20Part ... 011SPD.asp

foggymike

All alu freehubs look like this after the first ride or two - nothing to worry about at all. They seem to anodise them pretty colours to make it stand out as much as possible!

mallorcajeff

Only troublw ive ever had is geting the casette off but a gentle wiggle between each gear with a screwdriver frees them off. I always ride reynolds wheels and they do the same i just put it down to the huge ammounts of watts ;-)