nmt_oli
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ive got an amazing budget option that so far is working real well and has yet to finish bedding in! only cost me £70 in total.
Chain reaction sell a Deore hydro brake, REAR but with RIGHT hand lever, 160mm. i then shortened the cable and moutned the caliper on the front with a coulpe of shims and a 185mm hope mini disk! :P (this works as the same caliper is 20mm disk size different on front and back, the extra 5 is taken up by a 2.5mm shim.)
The deore brake was £50 and the rotor was £20.
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that really brightened up my day! what a class song :)
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That mechanic one was brilliant! :)
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Hope, Chris king or profile is the only way to go i think!
Hopes are very reliable, ive never had a problem with any of my 5 hope hubs! (i have various bikes) and the XC hub, that used to be a trials favorite was never even desinged for trials as its name suggests, it just happend to be best as it was strongest. it has a stronger freehub than the bulb as it has less engagement points.
However, hope have recently develped a new hub the pro II, AND they've developed a trials specific version with 48 engagement points, replaceable free hub section and loads of new features. i dont think it will be long before it is released, and i reckon it would be a very very nice hub to ride.
Profiles also have a very good reputation, origonating from race bmx they are very light, but also very strong as the street bmx scene has proved. they have 4 pawls instead of 3 like the old hopes (the new hope has 4 i believe) and 48 engagements, again very solid and very reliable. i think it is very close between the new hope and the profile, they are so similar on the spec sheet.
The king is the daddy of hubs, but not nessesarily the best for trials as its freehub system, although very well engineered can ocasionly slip under extreme presure like that that trials puts on it, they also need a fair bit of mainenance to keep them performing at there best, requireing special oil ect. If your good at regular maintenance, then no problem, but if you like fit and forget- get a hope or profile, they go on and on and on with so little maintenance its scary!
The price is also a major factor, with the hope and the profile at the £100- £150 mark and the king at £250+.
Hope that rather long detailed ramble helps your decision! :)
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Brilliant! you should start selligng them on ebay! you could make a killing.
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Right i run a 8 speed cassette, will the hope hub take this, i have no idea how to attach or detach cassetts is it hard?(ill be getting the hopes and the echo rims spokes arnt important are they?
The hope hub will take an 8 speed cassette, as long as it is a cassette and not a freewheel (unlikely as its 8 speed, so should be fine). If you want a disk mount on the wheel get a hope XC instead of a mono, they are identical apart from disk mount.
To remove a cassette you need a Cassette tool (what an inventive name! (Y) ) and a Chainwhip (kinky :)" )
The chian whip holds the cassette stoping it from rotating, the the other tool fits into the lockring so you can undo it with a big spanner. have a good look around at tools, they vary in price and qaulity.
And spokes are important actually! they hold the hub to the rim! useless whel with out them :D
on a serious note, its worth getting decent ones, i recomend DT swiss Comp or Super comp thats what i use. make sure you get the right length too.
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I use my index / fisrt finger for braking. always have, always will. If you use your middle finger you risk sqaushing your index finger if your brake levers travel that far!
I think my gear ratio is a bit high atm, 22:15 will try 16 or 17 for a bit when i can be bothered to get my wheel off, lol. :)" keep finding myself kicking the bike out from under me causee its geared to high! my back hurt for weeks after that!
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What kind of wheel is it you want, and what is it replacing? How much you are willing to spend will also help a lot, as you can spend anything from £30 to £300 on a rear wheel! This will help us find what you want, and not reomend somehting youve already got.
I would guess the wheels youve bent are fairly standard factory ones yes? if so they are made of cheese lol. Deal with them all the time at work, kids buyign cheap bikes and bending the wheels! :) If so dont worry to much, a better wheel is easy to sort out.
Factory built wheels like the halo combat are good budget options, good thick strong rim, but i bit heavy too. there mainly designed as a jump rim. If you only have a bit of money to spend, then go for it as it will be a much better wheel than the ones it sound like you have.
If possible, check out your local bike shops and see if they have any good wheelbuilders. A decent hand built wheel will be stronger than a factory wheel anyday. Even if you go for a budget wheel like a Shimano Deore hub laced to a Mavic EX721 (used to be D521) and get it handbuilt it will be very strong! the weakpoint on that wheel ive given as an example is the freehub, only 14 engagment points and quite weak to.
Also check out websites such as Chain Reaction, as they sell handbuilt wheels and are competativelhy priced too.
If you can afford it, go for something like a hope hub (Hope XC has long been a trials favorite, very strong and 21 engagement points, sealed bearings, great waranty and customer service) and either a mavic EX721 (D521) or a Sunn Rhino Lite rim.
I have a XC on Rhino lite, and its been on 3 bikesover 2years and i havent touched it since i built it, and its still only 2mm out of true, i cant be bothered to true it as its runnign a disk at the moment!
Hope that helps! (Y)
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As long as your new cassette has the same number of gears as the old one, very little set up will be required, probably just a tweak in cable tension.
You will probably want to take a few links out of the chain though, as it will no longer need to be so long.
the shimano road range goes Sora<Tiagra<105<Dura Ace i think in terms of quality, comparable with Deore<LX<XT<XTR. (someone correct me if im wrong) so just go for the best you can afford. i cant remeber if mine is a tiagra or 105 on my comuting bike, but it is rebuildable- very useful for cleaning.