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Any reason *not* to get an XT rear hub?
For my new bike, I'm planning on Deore for most of it, but I was thinking
maybe an XT rear hub (in particular because hubs are pretty hard to replace by something better if they fail prematurely). I'm much more interested in durability and strength than weight, so if XT is already getting into the 'pay for less weight, possibly at the expense of durability' game that XTR is *definitely* on, I'd just as soon go with a lower grade. Jasper |
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Any reason *not* to get an XT rear hub?
Jasper Janssen Wrote: For my new bike, I'm planning on Deore for most of it, but I wa thinking maybe an XT rear hub (in particular because hubs are pretty hard to replace by something better if they fail prematurely). I'm much more interested in durability and strength than weight, so i XT is already getting into the 'pay for less weight, possibly at th expense of durability' game that XTR is *definitely* on, I'd just as soon g with a lower grade. Jasper You save 16 grams with the XT over the LX becasue XT uses Titanium axl while LX uses steel. I think you might want to use LX based on you reasoning -- daveornee |
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On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 13:56:28 +1000, daveornee
wrote: Jasper Janssen Wrote: I'm much more interested in durability and strength than weight, so if XT is already getting into the 'pay for less weight, possibly at the expense of durability' game that XTR is *definitely* on, I'd just as soon go with a lower grade. You save 16 grams with the XT over the LX becasue XT uses Titanium axle while LX uses steel. I think you might want to use LX based on your reasoning. Mmyeah. Any other differences? Quality of grease bearing seals, or the bearings themselves, that sort of thing? The axle is, I suppose, pretty much the *one* thing on a hub that *is* easily changed if it fails prematurely -- would I be able to put in an LX or other steel axle if the Ti *did* fail in the otherwise XT hub? With the same cones? Or does it have a weird threading as well? If I happen to decide to go for a 40-spoke wheel, I'd need to go XT anyway, since that's apparently the lowest grade MTB hub available in 40h. They're called tandem hubs in the brochure, but that almost has to be a sales mistake: Shimano tandem hubs have 145mm spacing and an arai drum thread, and these (they even make 48h versions) would be going into standard frames with 135 spacing. Jasper |
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daveornee wrote: Jasper Janssen Wrote: For my new bike, I'm planning on Deore for most of it, but I was thinking maybe an XT rear hub (in particular because hubs are pretty hard to replace by something better if they fail prematurely). Jasper You save 16 grams with the XT over the LX becasue XT uses Titanium axle while LX uses steel. I think you might want to use LX based on your reasoning. -- daveornee Not true, XTR has a ti axle, not XT, but I recommend an XT rear. better cones, cups, bearings...add greaee and adjust well before you ride it. |
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Jasper Janssen Wrote: On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 13:56:28 +1000, daveornee wrote: Jasper Janssen Wrote: I'm much more interested in durability and strength than weight, s if XT is already getting into the 'pay for less weight, possibly at th expense of durability' game that XTR is *definitely* on, I'd just as soon g with a lower grade. You save 16 grams with the XT over the LX becasue XT uses Titaniu axle while LX uses steel. I think you might want to use LX based on your reasoning. Mmyeah. Any other differences? Quality of grease bearing seals, or the bearings themselves, that sort of thing? The axle is, I suppose pretty much the *one* thing on a hub that *is* easily changed if it fails prematurely -- would I be able to put in an LX or other steel axle i the Ti *did* fail in the otherwise XT hub? With the same cones? Or does it have a weird threading as well? If I happen to decide to go for a 40-spoke wheel, I'd need to go XT anyway, since that's apparently the lowest grade MTB hub available i 40h. They're called tandem hubs in the brochure, but that almost has to b a sales mistake: Shimano tandem hubs have 145mm spacing and an arai drum thread, and these (they even make 48h versions) would be going into standard frames with 135 spacing. Jasper http://bike.shimano.com/media/cyclin...9830539267.pdf and http://bike.shimano.com/media/cyclin...9830566566.pdf are the current models I am speaking of. Neither shows 40 or 48 hole version -- daveornee |
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Qui si parla Campagnolo Wrote: daveornee wrote: Jasper Janssen Wrote: For my new bike, I'm planning on Deore for most of it, but I was thinking maybe an XT rear hub (in particular because hubs are pretty har to replace by something better if they fail prematurely). Jasper You save 16 grams with the XT over the LX becasue XT uses Titaniu axle while LX uses steel. I think you might want to use LX based on your reasoning. -- daveornee Not true, XTR has a ti axle, not XT, but I recommend an XT rear better cones, cups, bearings...add greaee and adjust well before you ride it. You are right about steel on XT,... Shimano is wrong at URL: http://tinyurl.com/amah7 or http://bike.shimano.com/catalog/cycl...=1122817123302 where they list it as titanium. I blindly believed them. I since took out a magnet to prove my earlier statement and thei listing as incorrect -- daveornee |
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Jasper Janssen wrote:
For my new bike, I'm planning on Deore for most of it, but I was thinking maybe an XT rear hub (in particular because hubs are pretty hard to replace by something better if they fail prematurely). I'm much more interested in durability and strength than weight, so if XT is already getting into the 'pay for less weight, possibly at the expense of durability' game that XTR is *definitely* on, I'd just as soon go with a lower grade. I neglected the XT hubs on my tourer for 5 years. When I eventually opened them up and serviced them, the factory grease was still clean. Mind you, Deore are probably as good. |
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Zog The Undeniable wrote:
Jasper Janssen wrote: For my new bike, I'm planning on Deore for most of it, but I was thinking maybe an XT rear hub (in particular because hubs are pretty hard to replace by something better if they fail prematurely). I'm much more interested in durability and strength than weight, so if XT is already getting into the 'pay for less weight, possibly at the expense of durability' game that XTR is *definitely* on, I'd just as soon go with a lower grade. I neglected the XT hubs on my tourer for 5 years. When I eventually opened them up and serviced them, the factory grease was still clean. Mind you, Deore are probably as good. The same here (ATB = mud in the Netherlands). The seals of the XT hubs are very good indeed. For the price difference of 20 euro I wouldn't even take the trouble figuring out if the Deore hub is as good as the XT hub. Lou -- Posted by news://news.nb.nu |
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Lou Holtman wrote:
Zog The Undeniable wrote: Jasper Janssen wrote: For my new bike, I'm planning on Deore for most of it, but I was thinking maybe an XT rear hub (in particular because hubs are pretty hard to replace by something better if they fail prematurely). I'm much more interested in durability and strength than weight, so if XT is already getting into the 'pay for less weight, possibly at the expense of durability' game that XTR is *definitely* on, I'd just as soon go with a lower grade. I neglected the XT hubs on my tourer for 5 years. When I eventually opened them up and serviced them, the factory grease was still clean. Mind you, Deore are probably as good. The same here (ATB = mud in the Netherlands). The seals of the XT hubs are very good indeed. For the price difference of 20 euro I wouldn't even take the trouble figuring out if the Deore hub is as good as the XT hub. LX seals are supposedly the same as XT. LX is usually the sweet spot in terms of value -- pretty nice for $30. |
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