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Peach
She’s ace.
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I've recycled rims and cassettes.
You'd have to take hubs apart? ... and cycle to the tip and get a bunch of punctures ;-)
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It needn't be (and isn't) that way if you think ahead.
Just switch out the rims, re-use spokes. Bearings or even freehub refresh if needed and carry on.
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Shimano UN55 has also recently been discontinued
These will be a precious commodity when covid fifth wave hits.
Hodl.
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Zenith
I’ve used these and they were identical to Planet X and some Novatech. They are good, hollow axles etc. cnc-bike.de have some great deals on those hubs (Taiwanese dynamo hubs too) but currently in brexit chaos.
These look good, use good bearings as standard and you can buy direct.
http://www.mentalbmx.com/track-hubsSorry all for the hub related thread derail.
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Buying endless non-rebuildable factory wheels for a rim-brake winter-bike is an eco crime.
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Really I should just upgrade the winter bike to 11sp then I can have my choice of hoops.
Are you 10sp?You can run 10sp cassettes on an 11sp hub with a spacer.{edit ... not nicely with Campag}
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No worries! Typo on my part, it's 'SKF' bearings. They're well worth the extra fiver.
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Sturmey Archer are a Taiwanese brand now.
I don’t think there’s much to separate Novatech, Halo, ... all the rebranded Novatech hubs. They’re all sealed cartridge bearings. I think the bearing covers are pretty similar?
I’d buy whichever allows budget for cone spanners (if needed) and lots of thick grease. Drop in SKF bearings once the og ones are gritty and load everything up with grease (if grease works its way out, water and dirt can’t go in). It’s not too arduous changing bearings, gets easier each time and doesn’t require special tools.
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