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Phil, You're correct. They use one way bearings for the engagement - like the shimano hubs, but unlike the shimano hubs they have a very solid feel and power feels very direct.
For those that don't think that the hubs can take any trials abuse, I said earlier - The hubs are currently being ridden by the likes of JJ gegorovitz, Sean Miller, Chris Santos and a few others with no problems. Because of this, the hubs have a 5 year warrenty for trials use.
Weight wise, yes, they are heavier than Chris Kings - which are designed for xc use. In all honesty, I was slightly concerned about the weight issue but I can honestly say I cant feel any difference - Going by what Adam said, 300g difference??? I probably s**t 300g.
Andy P
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The Munn, personal opinion about the looks I think, I think it looks weirdly good :P . Price wise, the single speed hub (which is slightly more pricy than the cassette hub) at full retail inc. postage would be £180. Thats £180 well spent I think.
The Hubs are available to order off TruePrecision.net but I would recommend getting on the phone and dialing 001.805.964.4545 and asking for Todd - hes a great guy and will tell you everything you would ever need to know. The cassette version, if all final testing go's well, will be be ready for production in the next three months.
If you do get one, you will be joining a rather exclusive club. There are less than 200 hubs in the world. The single speed that i have is number 18 of 18 in the world - there arn't too many of them going around.
There is a downside to this though. As the hubs are made to order there is a slight waiting list - I had to wait about 2 months or so but it was well worth while.
Sam, its not like a centrifugal clutch. Im not 100% on the workings of it as I didn't have much time between ripping it out of the box and lacing it up, to putting it on the bike and giving it a go :P . I also didn't fancy ripping the internals out of a rather expensive hub that I've had to wait "a while" for.
Many thanks for taking me to southampton to collect it and then fiding that the hub was in the back of a truck being deliverd to my house again :P
Also, many thanks to Jonny Jones for lending me his spare back wheel for absolutely aaaaaages :P
Andy P
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I was going to wait for at least a month before posting this but I was so so impressed that I really could not resist.
I doubt that many people in the UK (and the rest of the world) have ever heard about True Precision and Stealth hubs but they are absolutely amazing.
Almost all riders on here will say that THE hub to have would be a Chris King, due to the high number of engagements, the stealth hub has an infinate number of engagements - its instant and completely silent. The way this works is a clutch system but where other clutch hubs have been flexy and spongy, the Stealth is very stiff and direct.
I had my doubts about the hub but as soon as I had the wheel built and on my bike the results were amazing, seriously, this hub will be the end of king hubs. To show how confident Todd is of the performance of his hubs, he offers a 5 year warrenty - INCLUDING trials use!! The hubs are currently being ridden by the likes of JJ gegorovitz, Sean Miller, Chris Santos and a few others with no problems.
I'm currently riding the Stealth poacher, the single speed MTB version. The cassette hub has not been available for a long while, this is because the hub has been re-designed to be lighter and to handle more torque than before. When I last spoke to Todd (a couple of days ago) the final proto was being laced to for testing and if needed, I'll recieve one for more testing.
I can't yet give a full review of the hub as I've not had the chance to give it a thrashing but first impressions are VERY promising. Having owned a King hub for many years with great experiances with them I can honestly say that this is in a totally different league!!
For more information visit the link in my sig or send me a PM and I'll do my best to answer any questions.
If you are at all interested in the hubs, if you spot me at a ride come up and give me a tap on the shoulder, you are more than welcome to try it for yourselves.
Cheers, Andy P
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Was real good fun. Sorry for butting in on your quiet ride HarshRider but I had to break in the Rex you see...
Good to see everyone again. Definately confirmed my suspicion that Andy P is inhuman. The boys got far too much power for his size and uses some form of anti-gravity device to increase his smoothness!!
Dave
Hahahaha....Its just a rumour about the anti-gravity device, people have just made that up....though I've never said that I'm human :)
Was a good ride, shame the skin on the palm of my hand just crumbled away after the first 1-2 hours leaving me in lots of pain :( . Lots of good things going down (and up!) people are just getting better and better.
Andy P
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It was the other way around Miles. DT swiss plain gauge on the drive side, no name double butted oon the non-drive side :blink: . The non-drive side spokes twist stupid amounts ( about 360 before the nipples even start to tighten!! ) and cant be tightend anymore than they are so everything is loose.....I'd go back and get the guy to lace the non drive side with DT spokes - F.O.C
Andy P
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I'll be there...Won't I Alex :blink:
Andy P
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Can't believe no ones said this yet but, surely the most simple way is to get a loan, then you can any bike from any shop....simple
Bit of advise if you go for the loan idea though, shop about to find the best deal around, the RAC had the best rates when I was after one.
Andy
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Ok, I didn't even think that they even exsisted so before you say the same thing, have a look at this.........
Now that we've cleared that up; does anyone know where I could purchace such an item??? OR... do they really not exist and mavic needs a slap on the wrist for telling porkies???
Many thanks,
Andy P
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I'll be going, to cheer on Fatmike
Andy P
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Haha, me too (N) . I have to say though, it looks better than any silver bike.
Andy P (N)
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Jon recieved his new leeson frame from Clive this morning and he asked me to post a few pics for him....I have to say, I love the colour!
Reverse mount pashley forks.
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Once again, great vid jonny. Only wish I had been there myself.....no I don't, I wish the old guy with the dodgy leg had fixed my car in time, then I would have been there (Y) .
Looks like it was a great day considering.
Andy P.
Ps. Ride in Peace DJ
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First time I saw it I instantly thought..... "Apollo Slammer down to £69.99 from £109.99, £40 off" (I think I've done too much overtime at halfords recently :- )
But other than that, looks good :)
Andy P