Swindon rider Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 I have them on my DH bike and they are beasty as fook, They have beefy as fook 3 pawl ratchet (beefier than a hope) but they have more engaments ( so there are more teeth on the ratchet, making them smaller/finer). It is 10X louder than a Hope, suggesting they have a more sold engament. I was just concered about the finer ratchet that is all. Please discuss Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 When i worked at Leisure Lakes i had a good look at them (N) they seemd prettyood, and felt like theyd be good for trials use. In the hand the engagements felt so much more definate and stronger than a hope in hand. They also seemd to be pretty beefy.. suggesting wieght may be an issue? sharn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 I was wondering that aswell, as this downhiller got a pimp bike he has a Ringle hub and it does sound beastie (Y) . I post a thread asking if they were any good this is what they replied Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarshRider Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 im looking into a new hub in the future to and something with nice engaments but that doesnt have as much rolling resistance as a chris king! at the moment im looking into a stealf but if i can find more info on this then perfect (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-king Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 but that doesnt have as much rolling resistance as a chris king! ← eh? (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarshRider Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 (edited) because of the extra engaments in a king i find they slow you down quicker not so good fast paced riding! Edited February 22, 2005 by HarshRider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Hmm, I wouldnt say it works like that. The teeth skip over each other more the faster you go - just another clever thing about the design. Id be more 'worried' about bearing drag, since you'll need to put about 1000 miles on a pair of hubs to fully bed them in (Y) I assume the hubs arent for a road bike... so... why is rolling resistance a problem? The extra weight of a stealth would hold you back more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarshRider Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 i just found with a friends chris king hub! that as i rolled up to an object the bike seemed to slow it self down due to the hub having more resistance to my hope bulb hub! just my opioion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 i just found with a friends chris king hub! that as i rolled up to an object the bike seemed to slow it self down due to the hub having more resistance to my hope bulb hub! just my opioion ← He probably had grippier tyres (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarshRider Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 :lol: same tyre as me same frame as me practically same bike as me (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 i just found with a friends chris king hub! that as i rolled up to an object the bike seemed to slow it self down due to the hub having more resistance to my hope bulb hub! ← Hehe, its certainly not down to the hub, theres no way it can make that much difference (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisa Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Unless he have his bearings awfully tight ( i don't know if kings can go too tight?) or lower tyre pressure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy elephants Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Unless he have his bearings awfully tight ( i don't know if kings can go too tight?) or lower tyre pressure... ← It's my hub he s talking about. We have got almost the same bike, except i run a king, and he runs a hope... I'm almost certain it is my hub, because i could roll alot faster/ further with my old hope xc. Possible it is the bearings? i have never done anything to my hub since i got it from waynio. How would i check the bearings? or is there anything else i could try?? P.S, sorry for kinda stealing the thread (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisa Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 You should try spinning the wheel on its own so see if it freewheels smoothly and not slowing down real quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-king Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 (edited) It's my hub he s talking about. We have got almost the same bike, except i run a king, and he runs a hope... I'm almost certain it is my hub, because i could roll alot faster/ further with my old hope xc. Possible it is the bearings? i have never done anything to my hub since i got it from waynio. How would i check the bearings? or is there anything else i could try?? P.S, sorry for kinda stealing the thread (Y) ← To check bearing tightness, you can pick the bike up by the top tube, and spin the wheel :lol: or take the wheel off and check. p.s you never used the Hope on the leeson did you! :D Edit: and the bearings on my king have much less resistance than the bearings on my hope did (Y) Edited February 22, 2005 by Wayne-king Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy elephants Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 To check bearing tightness, you can pick the bike up by the top tube, and spin the wheel :lol: or take the wheel off and check. p.s you never used the Hope on the leeson did you! (Y) Edit: and the bearings on my king have much less resistance than the bearings on my hope did :D ← Next time we ride, we will have to compare our wheels for spinning resistance. Your right, i didnt ever use my hope on my leeson, but i did use my king on rich's leeson, and it did slow down alot quicker than with his hope (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-king Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Next time we ride, we will have to compare our wheels for spinning resistance. it did slow down alot quicker than with his hope (Y) ← yeah, but have you felt the bearings in his hope? they are propper worn out! anyway, back to the original topic :D i'd say go for the ringle :D same number of teeth as a bulb (i think) and the price looks pretty good. Theres a couple of reviews here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Unfortunetly, the rear hub won't hold up for me. I'm 6'3" at 225lbs. The first time, the guys at Supergo told me the pin that holds the ring gear in place sheared. It took six weeks to get the wheel back. The after a couple months, it broke again. After another long wait, Sun Ringle sent me a new wheel. About 5-10 rides later it broke. On an XC bike, ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Drewery Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 They had a ringle hub in my local bikeshop, it was built on to a kona downhill frame, they were selling them both together and from what i saw it looked good quality, not sure if they could stand up to trials though until somebody uses one for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 I remember a guy at a local shop, Guildford Cycles, used to run a rear Ringle hub. It was much like a mono but a bit quicker, and he had no problems with it. Loud, smooth, quick, light, strong (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank_rider Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 looking at the hub on the bikedock website, it looks to be only 12mm through axel, making it a bit hard to use for trials. I may well be wrong, but apart from that it sounds pretty good on paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannytialskings Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 I remember a guy at a local shop, Guildford Cycles, used to run a rear Ringle hub. It was much like a mono but a bit quicker, and he had no problems with it. Loud, smooth, quick, light, strong (Y) ← i have ben running one now for a few months and its awesome. they look good and sound even better. the engagements are really responsive and it hasnt skipped yet so all is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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