Brand new broken Schlumpf

New Schlumpf? Borked or no, where do I get me one of those??

Bummer about your hub. I haven't heard about one of these cases not
being resolved though. There is hope.

Z


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dude, that sucks
I know your pain, my geared hub is in for repairs now too - mine took 6
months to break.

ro


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Hello Perry, That is a horrible fail.

If I see it right, looks like the end retaining the bearings is sheared
off. In six days? Wow, what kind of riding encouraged this fail? It
must be a defect. I hope it's a muni guni and it saw a good amount of
action in those six (cold) days. Still, to cause a fail like this, you'd
have to have more than blown out a few muscles or joints or your own in
that period.

If your right leg dominates your riding, was the fail on the right side
of the uni, or what? I'm wondering if a fail like this indicates that
the wheel build should prefer the clamped bearing be oppose of your
dominant leg side of the uni to reduce the stress? Not sure it would
matter.

Hope the repair comes swiftly.


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Hmm, I was just going to order one of those sexy hubs. And I think I
will anyways, it doesn't seem to be a very common thing to happen. What
frame is it exactly that you had it in?


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rolandisimo;1139690 wrote:
dude, that sucks
I know your pain, my geared hub is in for repairs now too - mine took 6
months to break.

ro



I'm following all these threads of broken KH Schlumpf hubs and
wonderiong if . . . . it is worth it all. I like to go fast and far
like the rest of us, but seems to negate one of the unicycles major
attributes: simplicity.

Ok, so if I have a broken one, I'm gathering that to send the broken
hub to Europe for repairs, one has to remove it from the wheel first. .
unlacing the spokes, yes?? I guess that means that the two skills of
GUNI riding and wheel building are linked if you have one of these
hubs.

Too bad there isn't some way to develop local (USA) expertise and basic
parts and service right here without having to go to Europe. . . I
suppose this is the curse of having such a tiny worldwide market that is
interested in this product.

Not that I want this to happen, but at what point does Florian get
tired of repairing all these hubs and decide to redesign them or quit
making them?

That said, I still really want one.
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Aw, Perry, that sux. I think I've at least got the record for most
repairs (it's only 2, but has anyone else had to send back two hubs for
repairs?).

The good news is that Florian is really great about fixing hubs when
they turn evil. The bad news is that you still have to ship the damn
thing back to Switzerland. It's not like that's cheap in and of itself.
And taking apart the hub, etc -- what a pain (I know! Really I do).

I'm glad that you didn't get hurt as a result of a catastrophic fall
from the gears messing up. I've had a few such falls and will not ride a
guni sans helmet, even in low gear. Why take the risk?

I hope you get the replacement hub fast!

(I accidentally typed 'hug' in the previous sentence. I hope you get a
lot of hugs, too. You know I'm good for one.)


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David_Stone;1140007 wrote:
Aw, Perry, that sux. I think I've at least got the record for most
repairs (it's only 2, but has anyone else had to send back two hubs for
repairs?).

The good news is that Florian is really great about fixing hubs when
they turn evil. The bad news is that you still have to ship the damn
thing back to Switzerland. It's not like that's cheap in and of itself.
And taking apart the hub, etc -- what a pain (I know! Really I do).

I'm glad that you didn't get hurt as a result of a catastrophic fall
from the gears messing up. I've had a few such falls and will not ride a
guni sans helmet, even in low gear. Why take the risk?

I hope you get the replacement hub fast!

(I accidentally typed 'hug' in the previous sentence. I hope you get a
lot of hugs, too. You know I'm good for one.)



I've broken my hub twice. Once before RTL my bearings failed and
towards the end of the race my bearings were failing again. I sent my
hub
Back right after the race and I haven't gotten it back yet. So far, the
repair turn around has been unfortunately slow, but I bet florian has
been really busy.

Kevins hub failed in the same way as this one while in a standard kh
frame, so there may still be a design problem that needs to be worked
out.


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Any update on this? I am curious as to what the problem was.


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siafirede;1145573 wrote:
Any update on this? I am curious as to what the problem was.



me too.


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I sent the hub back to Florian last week, but I haven't heard anything
yet. Based on the pictures, he said it appears the large diameter
bearings had completely disintegrated.

I'll keep everybody posted.


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