DieselnDust Posted June 29, 2020 Share Might not be manufactured locally but the company is based in Cape Town. Excellent service and support for their product. Bought my wheels and cranks from them. Feels good to help put food on the table of a small local business. for sure, I have quite a few of their products. Great value products and their droppers are almost a no brainer over any other option for 90% of the MTB population.The wheelsets have only received great reviews and my LBS mechanic rates them highly as budget wheels.however I would not put the hubs in the same category as Hope Pro 4, DT Swiss 350 (an industry standard). It wil take some time to prove its worth to compete with those. Hubs, Bottom Brackets, headsets, pedals, anything with a bearing in it isn't an area where I'm looking to save a few bob. I'd forego kashima coat long before I buy a cheap hub unless I absolutely have to. I have no issues with Lyne hubs, I just can't recommend it as its not been around long enough to advise someone to spend their hard earned money on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bram Verbeek Posted September 3, 2020 Share I want to know if anyone else has got any problems with this setup? I fitted the setup but the hub has been giving issues from day one on. Second hub and still issues. Terrible noise coming from the hub when pedaling hard. Hello Warren, has your problem with the noise still not returned? I have the same problem and now with the second hub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted September 3, 2020 Share Hello Warren, has your problem with the noise still not returned? I have the same problem and now with the second hub.What does the bike shops say is the problem? Why was the hub replaced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterbean Posted September 3, 2020 Share for sure, I have quite a few of their products. Great value products and their droppers are almost a no brainer over any other option for 90% of the MTB population.The wheelsets have only received great reviews and my LBS mechanic rates them highly as budget wheels.however I would not put the hubs in the same category as Hope Pro 4, DT Swiss 350 (an industry standard). It wil take some time to prove its worth to compete with those. Hubs, Bottom Brackets, headsets, pedals, anything with a bearing in it isn't an area where I'm looking to save a few bob. I'd forego kashima coat long before I buy a cheap hub unless I absolutely have to. I have no issues with Lyne hubs, I just can't recommend it as its not been around long enough to advise someone to spend their hard earned money on it.They're not shite tho. They're Chosen hubs, and exactly the same spec as Stans 3.30 hubs, as far as I know... So while they may not be proven with the Lyne branding on them, they're proven a long time ago throughout. Sure, still not Hope, but not exactly "Chinese crap" DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bram Verbeek Posted September 3, 2020 Share What does the bike shops say is the problem? Why was the hub replaced?We bought two bikes in April where both hubs started to make an awful lot of noise after a month of intensive use, in the mean time new wheels have been placed in both bikes which also start to produce noise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monark Posted September 3, 2020 Share Second vote for the pro 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bram Verbeek Posted September 14, 2020 Share I want to know if anyone else has got any problems with this setup? I fitted the setup but the hub has been giving issues from day one on. Second hub and still issues. Terrible noise coming from the hub when pedaling hard. Hello Warren, has your problem with the noise still not returned? I have the same problem and now with the second hub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemmerbal Posted September 14, 2020 Share Running the new SLX on my Rapide wheelset. Bought the wheelset with the standard Shimano freehub earlier in the year and upgraded to their microspline freehub when I decided to upgrade my drivetrain to the new SLX. Thus far it hasn’t given me any problems (touch wood). Very reasonably priced to boot. 34 oval up front with the 10/51 at the back really works well for my ability (Merida Big Nine HT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaskar Posted September 15, 2020 Share With regards to Shimano 12 speed, does anyone know where to find one of the 12-speed Shimano crankset lockring tools locally? TL-FC41 Edited September 15, 2020 by Zaskar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted September 15, 2020 Share With regards to Shimano 12 speed, does anyone know where to find one of the 12-speed Shimano crankset locking tools locally? TL-FC41 Also check with Evobikes. They do stock some Shimano tools, so they should be able to get this for you.https://www.evobikes.co.za/product-category/accessories/tools-maintenance/?swoof=1&pa_manufacturer=shimano&really_curr_tax=407-product_cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaskar Posted September 15, 2020 Share Also check with Evobikes. They do stock some Shimano tools, so they should be able to get this for you.https://www.evobikes.co.za/product-category/accessories/tools-maintenance/?swoof=1&pa_manufacturer=shimano&really_curr_tax=407-product_catThey obviously too busy building the new website. Ive now been waiting 2 weeks for a reply to a mail I sent them about 12sp XTR shifter... Edited September 15, 2020 by Zaskar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehosefat Posted September 16, 2020 Share With regards to Shimano 12 speed, does anyone know where to find one of the 12-speed Shimano crankset lockring tools locally? TL-FC41I may have a spare one floating around. Will check and drop you a PM later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danievj Posted December 8, 2020 Share I want to know if anyone else has got any problems with this setup? I fitted the setup but the hub has been giving issues from day one on. Second hub and still issues. Terrible noise coming from the hub when pedaling hard. Same hoops, same problem. Shimao distributors saying not their problem. Ditching them for alternative hubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted December 8, 2020 Share I know of a few very vocal pro Shimano folks who have had to replace a couple of hubs already on their own bikes and customers. Not good from Shimano. Hubs are what they built their reputation on but they've been pushing retrogressive quality designs into the market. Coolheat, well ja enough said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Hubs are what they built their reputation on Fishing reels, you mean fishing reels... DieselnDust and TheoG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted December 8, 2020 Share Fishing reels, you mean fishing reels... well those are hubs just with strings attached... JohanDiv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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