new hub design!
- Thread starter alanf
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Nice design and looking forward to seeing it on an MTB. However there's nothing new about keeping the cassette on the frame while the wheel is removed.
highlandsflyer
Retro Wizard
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Not sure about it at all, my instinct tell me that the skewer/axle part only insert partially into the cassette. I can't see any way it will be as secure or long lived as a normal arrangement.
Raging_Bulls":1ulybv58 said:
Agree - there are very few genuinely new things in the world of bicycles - someone, somewhere has tried it before.
In general - not sure about the design at all. Can see what they're trying to achieve but to the average cyclist of the type likely to take a wheel off a bike, is it that much harder, really, to flick to the smallest cog and pop the lot out? Not sure the benefits are convincing for me - esp. not with how infrequently I'd be likely to take advantage of them. Can also see it being a draw back if I pop the wheel out and chuck the bike in the back of the car - more likely, you'd think, to bend the bolt holding the free hub in place.
Kona lover
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Surely you would still have to "release" the back brake to clear the tyre on a mtb?
greenstiles
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I like the initial voice over by ''Garfield the cat ''..............some close ups would belay fears that this system is actually secure and will not wear quickly.
