I second all the recommendations for bitex. On Monday, March 4, 2024 at 11:28:27 AM UTC-8 wboe...@gmail.com wrote:
> It really just comes down to what your disposale income looks like, I > think. Freehubs and endcaps are all replaceable on Bitex. I now find DT > Swiss to be a happy medium (and I prefer the reliability / > interchangeability of the star ratchet + rebuildable nature of DT hubs). > But you're not getting silver. > > Will > > On Monday, March 4, 2024 at 2:19:43 PM UTC-5 Bill Lindsay wrote: > >> The Bitex definitely seem to be the best bang for the buck, but I'm not >> crazy about the indirect implication that if you spend top dollar for White >> Industries, you're paying for hype, advertising, and pro sponsorships. In >> my view it's mostly the economics of a medium sized Taiwanese factory vs a >> small boutique California machine shop. >> >> On the feature side, I like the feature of being able to change freehub >> bodies on my White Industries hubs. I have both SRAM XD and Shimano HG "in >> stock" to give myself flexibility in my stable. Can we do that on Bitex? >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> On Monday, March 4, 2024 at 11:08:36 AM UTC-8 Will Boericke wrote: >> >>> 100%. I've built a number of wheels around them and all are still going >>> strong, some not in my possession anymore. This includes several sets of >>> mtb hubs that are not coddled. The only thing I've ever had to do to them >>> is replace bearings on a front hub. Well, and occasionally clean and >>> relube the pawls. >>> >>> Will >>> >>> On Monday, March 4, 2024 at 1:24:19 PM UTC-5 Johnny Alien wrote: >>> >>>> I find the Analog review of the Bitex hub to be very accurate. They are >>>> very close to the WI hubs at a small fraction of the cost. Amazing at >>>> quality and price but with zero hyper around them. >>>> >>>> On Monday, March 4, 2024 at 11:43:54 AM UTC-5 gril...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> My Appaloosa is being built up with a Bitex rear touring hub. >>>>> Wheels are being built up this week - I'll report back once they (and >>>>> the bike) are ready! >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday 3 March 2024 at 09:56:15 UTC+10:30 Josh C wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'd recommend a set of white industries hubs if you are looking for >>>>>> something more high-end. Smoothest hubs I've seen. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 6:04:12 PM UTC-5 Luke Hendrickson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I second Deore LX! I had those front & rear until I laced up a front >>>>>>> wheel with a Kasai FS dynamo hub. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 2:11:58 PM UTC-8 aeroperf wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I like the Deore LX trekking equipment. A rear hub would be >>>>>>>> FH-T670. >>>>>>>> Quiet and bulletproof. I’ve laced them to Velocity Atlas and >>>>>>>> Velocity Dyads. >>>>>>>> For a front hub, I tend to use Shimano 105s because they are >>>>>>>> reliable and reasonably cheap. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- 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/f8d8a9d7-2522-4721-9fae-5245a32a1390n%40googlegroups.com.
