Re: White Industries Eccentric SS Hub

[bloocow]

"Dave Stocker" > wrote in message
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> "bloocow" > schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> ...
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I've found only a couple of mentions here about this hub on google. It
> seems
> > like the best way to go if I want to solve problems of tensioning and
> lousy
> > seals on Shimano freewheel bearings. My worry now is how well this hub
> works
> > so if anyone has any comments/experience with it, I'm listening.
> >
>
> I first heard it mentioned by Sheldon Brown. It is new; as in just
> available and it is also a flip flop (one side fixed and the other side
> takes a freewheel) hub, so it is not surprising that there are no reviews
at
> mtbr.com for it. It sounds intersting, but at $200 I do not want to be
the
> gunea pig.
>
> -Dave
>

Yes it is expensive. :-\ I just found out one side is fixed, something I
don't want so I'm not sure if I'll go for it but I really do want to remove
my tensioner.

bloocow

[Sheldon Brown]

>>>I've found only a couple of mentions here about this hub on google. It
>>seems like the best way to go if I want to solve problems of tensioning
>>and lousy seals on Shimano freewheel bearings. My worry now is how well
>>this hub works
>>
>>>so if anyone has any comments/experience with it, I'm listening.

It works great! I love mine.

>>I first heard it mentioned by Sheldon Brown. It is new; as in just
>>available and it is also a flip flop (one side fixed and the other side
>>takes a freewheel) hub, so it is not surprising that there are no reviews
>
> at
>
>>mtbr.com for it. It sounds intersting, but at $200 I do not want to be

It's only $159.95, and if you subtract the $50 cost of a decent chain
tensioner, it becomes quite reasonable.

> Yes it is expensive. :-\ I just found out one side is fixed, something I
> don't want so I'm not sure if I'll go for it but I really do want to remove
> my tensioner.

The fixed option is purely positive. If you don't want to use the fixed
gear, just take off the lockring and screw a freewheel on the fixed side
instead. There's no obstacle at all to using this with two freewheels.

There's no downside to the fixed gear threading, and who knows, sometime
you might decide you want to take the bike onroad, and discover how much
more fun a fixed gear is.

Before the invention of this hub, kludgy half-derailer chain tensioners
made a sort of sense, but the ENO hub is a way better solution to the
vertical dropout problem. Now that there's a choice, pulley-type chain
tensioners are really mono-buttocked.

See: http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/white-hubs.html

Sheldon "Eccentric" Brown
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[bloocow]

"bloocow" > wrote in message
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>
> Flip flops are really good for me cus I usually ride to the trails here in
> microscopic Singapore, and most of my friends are on gears so I have to
keep
> up on the road, and yet be able to make it off-road as well. But I guess
it
> would be more tedious to do a gear change with the ENO compared to my
> current setup. Hope I can get it next month or so. Thanks for the
> clarification!
>
> bloocow
>

It just occured to me that I won't be able to swap freewheel sizes (for road
and trail) the way I can with my Surly flip flop + singleator because
there'll be no tensioner on the ENO. I dunno if I can handle going slow on
road. I guess the traffic's just going to have to be more patient when I
ride now.

bloocow - still stuck in a dual-speeder's mindset