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the extra 40grams is so worth it for a metal freebody hub, or at least get a shimano M771 cassette with the three biggest riveted together and the next three rivited together you are not going to do to much damage to the freebody, SRAM cassettes do more damage

I have a new Trek full Sus, the rp23 suspension unit is big side facing front, the standard way. however I have very little water bottle clearance, if I swapped it around I would have more space for the water bottle, can they be swapped around, I don't see why not??

yip, alloy freebody wear, get a second set of chain whips, or just an old chain and wiggle a bit, it will come loose.

OK Will6 attached photos of the XX brakes, let me know if you are interested to by

cool let me take a few HD shots tonight and post them

Wil6, if you want to buy they what would you offer me?

OK so Alfa =XX VW= XT ?

I have 2 sets of brakes, but can only keep one set. The XT are nice and easy to service with Mineral oils, the XX are also nice brakes light and work very well, but need to be more carefully with bleeding with DOT5.1. What would be the better set to keep.

Thanks I called CWC they don't have any in stock but I have got one on back order, thanks

Anyone know where I can get a Park Tool BBT-90.3 tool from or a stockist of Park tools in Cape Town.

Thansk Flowta. But if I got a 31.4 could I get away without a shim, its like .2mm

My Bike came standard with a 31.6 size seat post, considering its adjustable, will a 30.9 work or maybe a 31.4, must it be 100% or can it be close to the original.

I think Stans Hubs and Sun ringle hubs are the same, made by the same company, Chosen . http://www.chosen-hubs.com/chosen.php?sid=5&tid=28

Dont get me wrong great light strong wheels with a Stans 3.30 hub, as long as you change those bearing before they seize and damage the hub, One persons year is very different to the next person, I would say change the bearing every 1000KM, and yes they are cheap R40 each from bearing man,

now that is a good hub

If you love to change bearings and like replacing a free hub that gets eaten by a cassette, especially a sram cassette, The Stans 3.30 hub is up your alley

Anyone know if a Hope freehub will work on a STANS 3.30 hub, they look the same but have never had the Hope hub to compare? Or if Sun Ringle is Compatible.

A very early start for the long ride, why not 08h30, like Tru Cape and the HEX river, if you are commuting from Cape Town it may be a hard choice.

Yip they do, But try and find one, you have more chance of finding a feberge egg

Thanks David that is exactly what I do, it just ridiculous that the freehub is damaged like that, it is a pure design fault, the new one is not cheap.

Has anyone actually done the test and run Shimano rings on a Sram crank

Thanks DaddyG Do the 6 biggest teeth dig into the freehub{the one that are mounted on blocks of 3} or is it just the individual teeth that do damage?

I bought a set of wheels ZTR wheels with Stans hubs, big problem in the hiding was how fast cassette individual teeth destroy a alloy freehub. To slow the wear and save the freehub I have gone out and bought an XT Cassette M771 as it have 2 sets of 3 cogs mounted together and therefore spreading the single gear pressure onto three gears. My concern is will the already damaged freehub now damage the cassette as the mount that holds the three does not have the full foundation of a solid freehub, or are the 5 pivots holding it together strong enough to take the load. I think Sram Cassettes will damage a alloy freehub faster than these Shimano triple mounts

The poor mechanic that has a client coming in for a creek problem, where do you start

This Message is in honour of The one and only SIR Chukky. The damn cleat was loose, that's it, a cleat f$%# The amount of time I have spent stripping the crank and BB, pedal services, OMG. It is funny, loose cleats, Thank you