I’ve become a bike part cynic. Its sad really, the magical wizardry of shiny new things only makes me suspicious now. I arrived here via a set of fandangle Mavic wheels, that promised, well, to be wheels – but they looked great, rolled really well and I foolishly thought they would last forever.
Ooops.
Now, 18 months and two freehub bodies later, I’m down a rear hub. The all powerful ‘force transfer system’, which is really just two tiny ratchet pawls mounted on stainless steel rods in an alloy hub body, failed catastrophically. One of the pawls was forced through the hub body!
I found this a bit surprising, since I’m not the strongest rider the universe has seen. Surely not in the same league as pro road racers who endorse these things [or maybe get given them for free and only use them for a month or so].
Anyway, I’m sobered. And looking for a Better Freehub. Its going to come down to Shimano vs Industry 9 vs Hope vs Fulcrum vs Chris King. Whoever can offer a steel cassette carrier, bearings that don’t need tweaking every ride [old shimano days - maybe things have changed..], and more than two puny engagement points to transfer mavic-crushing power [haha!] to the rear wheel…
I’d better start saving, and find something before Bel wants her rear wheel back…