That's a good find. I find aesthetic displeasure with that era of the Shimano MTB hubs. "Parallax" was a design cue taken from the boutique part makers that were becoming the dreams and bucket list items of cyclists instead of Shimano's upper end parts. Their design language took from the greater simplicity of those, their more linear appearance and wider bearing stance. By doing so Shimano departed from aesthetically pleasing lines like these <https://www.ebay.com/itm/223918532061?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=223918532061&targetid=1263433206134&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9005918&poi=&campaignid=13917593254&mkgroupid=128459921161&rlsatarget=pla-1263433206134&abcId=9300613&merchantid=427106103&gclid=Cj0KCQiA15yNBhDTARIsAGnwe0WG7rg0XCPP8xv7aKoPTIPNZcpHZKyb3KvTb46Q0OZ62ZfesNSSqW0aAnQhEALw_wcB>. Rough example, but same design era as the grail era XTR hubs lots of rando folks still seek.
Those black plastic cone seals of the Parallax hubs confused some folks. They were fixed at the axle and rotate at their wide skirt interface with an O-ring in a groove in the end of the hub body. I think it was engineering to a design to get the wider bearing stance rather than the best engineering providing shelter for those bearings. BITD we saw a few of them that didn't cipher to owners who thought were broken then did it for real, tearing up the fixture for holding the small end at the axle. If not intact, they left the wider stance ball bearings, race, cone and grease were pretty much out in the daylight. They were first available as the pricey axle and hardware assembly, certainly parts that if not intact now should give pause to any effort to build one into a wheel. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 9:32:19 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > Earlier in the thread I recommended vintage Deore XT rear hubs, and the OP > bought one of mine from me. I stumbled upon an ebay seller offering > vintage 32 hole Deore XT front hubs at the super low price of $18 shipped > (m737, skewer included). Front hubs never blow up, but dang that's a great > price. I'd pay $15 for the skewer on its own! Front hubs also make cool > fidget tchotchkes for your desk, or maybe you want to try wheelbuilding and > need a hub. I bought three of them. > > Here's the ebay site: https://www.ebay.com/itm/393148158087 > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Friday, November 26, 2021 at 3:22:09 PM UTC-8 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> Whenever I'm looking for a good, reliable and affordable 135mm OLD rear >> hub I still think there are not a lot of better choices than Japanese made >> Deore XT. Here's a nice used hubset for $75: >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/353771592695?hash=item525e6e1bf7:g:vlkAAOSw9URhk2vJ >> >> If you prefer to have NIB or NOS, then you likely will pay more. I >> believe I have an NIB M750 rear hub. Let me know if you want me to look >> for it. >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> On Thursday, November 25, 2021 at 10:18:28 AM UTC-8 Jim Whorton wrote: >> >>> Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. I am planning a wheel build. For a rear >>> hub, I need something like the Deore T610…but it has to be silver in color, >>> and those are scarce. The Silver brand rear hubs look pretty on the Riv >>> site, but it sounds like they’re a little noisier than Deore. Coasting >>> silently past a woodpecker or owl is really important to me! Anybody have >>> suggestions? >>> >>> Jim Whorton in Rochester, NY >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/dfe6a203-3705-4e0e-b7da-44d96f1f8a63n%40googlegroups.com.
