new hubs? what to buy?

shaw8670

i am going to have new wheels built. I run campagnolo stuff. Campag Record hubs don't seem to have that great a name at the moment, soft freehub bearings? Hope seem worth a look? Ambrosio and Miche seem like good value. All are possibilities. Any tips on the above, or other ideas?

mrb123

White Industries T11.

sloppyschleckonds

Chris Kink

wotnoshoeseh

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

Chris Kink

Should that be King?? Chris King?

Very sloppy FTFY

mrb123

http://dcrwheels.co.uk/products/hubs/road-hubs/

PTestTeam

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

Chris Kink

A word of warning with Chris King hubs. They're ell engineered, beautifully made, silky smooth and great to work on and service. However, after 6 months my front hub flange failed, a piece broke off near a spoke! I had a new one replaced and the wheel rebuilt on warranty. Then checking my bike over 3 months later a week before the P-R Sportive, I noticed another a bad crack on the rear flange near a spoke hole. Again this was replaced and re-built. I didn't trust them after that. The wheelbuilder did say it was very unusual for this to happen but I couldn't be bothered with the hassle so sold them. A real shame as they're stunning hubs but if they keep breaking I can't recommend them in my experience.

dennisn

shaw8670 wrote:

i am going to have new wheels built. I run campagnolo stuff. Campag Record hubs don't seem to have that great a name at the moment, soft freehub bearings? Hope seem worth a look? Ambrosio and Miche seem like good value. All are possibilities. Any tips on the above, or other ideas?

"soft freeehub bearings"? Where do you guys come up with this stuff?

banditvic

DT Swiss 240's.

ugo.santalucia

Not all combinations of hubs and rims work well together, so what rims?

matt_n-2

Royce.

marin_maniac

Can't beat Dure Ace.

lesfirth

dennisn wrote:

shaw8670 wrote:

i am going to have new wheels built. I run campagnolo stuff. Campag Record hubs don't seem to have that great a name at the moment, soft freehub bearings? Hope seem worth a look? Ambrosio and Miche seem like good value. All are possibilities. Any tips on the above, or other ideas?

"soft freeehub bearings"? Where do you guys come up with this stuff?

They read forums on the internet.

dennisn

lesfirth wrote:

dennisn wrote:

shaw8670 wrote:

i am going to have new wheels built. I run campagnolo stuff. Campag Record hubs don't seem to have that great a name at the moment, soft freehub bearings? Hope seem worth a look? Ambrosio and Miche seem like good value. All are possibilities. Any tips on the above, or other ideas?

"soft freeehub bearings"? Where do you guys come up with this stuff?

They read forums on the internet.

Oh that's right. Sorry, my bad. Soft huh?∅

dennisn

Marin Maniac wrote:

Can't beat Dure Ace.

Or Record for that matter. Both as good as it gets.

cycleclinic

Record hubs are perfect. Bearing cups can be replaced. Freehubs are affordable unlkke da hubs. Madsion have sjoved up the trade and rrp of da hubs to something steller. Nearly white industries t11 money now.

White industries t11 hubs are noce. Bearings are easily changed when they need to be. Light too.

Shimano dura ace good piece of kit.

Royce not light but they work very well. Steel axles and big bearings
Carbon ti, very light 20f/24r drilling and for straight pull spokes only. They seem pretty reliable.
Extralite for weight weeneis oddly given there low weight they seem to last reasonably well. They do require care though.
Dt swiss road rim brake hubs. Poor nds bracing angle. They require a stiff rim.
Chris king. Overpriced. They make royce look cheap.

Miche primato. Steel axles and nig bearings. The bearing seem to last and are a dodble to replace. Miche hubs are the easiest things to pull apart and put back together again. When the bearings go and it takes a while just replace. I own a variety of wheels with shimano dura ace, campag record and chorus, carbon ti, royce..... hubs all high end kit but my wheelsets with cheaper miche hubs work just as well for just as long. Go figure. The silver record and royce ti/carbon hubs are prettier though.

shaw8670

Soft freehub bearings comes from3 Campag freehubs in a row that have had bearing failures. Campag say the FH body is non serviceable, but that is not true, as I've replaced the crappy bearings with SKS ones for a friend that does massive mileage, to good effect. My point is that if the Record bearings are the same as Zonda and Shamal bearings, that would be rather disappointing!

drlodge

I run Campagnolo and have Record, Hope and Miche hubs on different sets of wheels. Record are nice but only available in 32H. The Miche seem to do everything you'll want from a hub, and are cheap. Per cycleclinic comments above - why would you spend more?

lostboysaint

I have Miche on the road bike and Hope on the MTBs (after similar discussions with LBS and wheelbuilders) and they are faultless.

drlodge

Hope hubs have a very noisy freehub, which may be a good or bad thing depending on your POV.

ovi

I have been using White Industries T11 hubs for a few years with no problems.

andcp

drlodge wrote:

Hope hubs have a very noisy freehub, which may be a good or bad thing depending on your POV.

Yes they do, and it's bl**dy annoying! But.....I have a pair of 15 year old Hope hubs on an MTB and they're still running fantastically well.