What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!

[Scotty T]

$1000+ for a set of i9 Hydras... reckon I'd be feeling something too

"Would having a nearly six times faster hub be the magic fairy dust that would allow me to clean tricky bits of trail easier than when I was using the already quick Torch hub? The answer was an emphatic not really. But even though it didn’t make much of an immediate difference to my riding, I was still pretty excited about it. The first thing that hit home about the Hydra was that it simply felt better. It has a higher quality feel and it’s decidedly faster. "

https://bikepacking.com/gear/industry-nine-hydra-review/

 

[DMan]

"Would having a nearly six times faster hub be the magic fairy dust that would allow me to clean tricky bits of trail easier than when I was using the already quick Torch hub? The answer was an emphatic not really. But even though it didn’t make much of an immediate difference to my riding, I was still pretty excited about it. The first thing that hit home about the Hydra was that it simply felt better. It has a higher quality feel and it’s decidedly faster. "

https://bikepacking.com/gear/industry-nine-hydra-review/

I had a set of torches that I got cheap on run-out. They are still my all time favourite hub out of the wheels I've had over the years.

 

[ozzybmx]

I had a set of torches that I got cheap on run-out. They are still my all time favourite hub out of the wheels I've had over the years.

Hard to buy a nice set of hubs these days as the fckn 'standard' is always shifting.

 

[Oddjob]

I had a set of torches that I got cheap on run-out. They are still my all time favourite hub out of the wheels I've had over the years.

I have got lots of sets of Torches. Lovely hubs but they still have the odd issue like warped freehubs and worn out drive rings. Parts are exxy too. A freehub is $250!!!!!

The Funn Fantoms on AliExpress are my go to replacements now as 102poe is more than good enough and the internals have held up well. The freehubs are the same as the Spank Hex series and cost half as much as the Torch ones.

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[DougalStrachan]

'Raced' Bendigo Summer series again last night - yep still slow and unskilled yeeewww

 

[cammas]

CarbonTi, 56 POE, and quieter than Hope but loud enough to be heard by the racers I'm creeping up on.

See the problem is you are using them wrong, from what I was told noisy hubs are a pressure device.

When racing the point of noisy hubs is when you get behind someone you keep putting in small pedal strokes then coast so they hear you, so they go faster thinking they’re holding you up and keep doing it till they move or blow up.

Then you keep doing this as you work your way through the field, the catch is you need to be fit enough to do it in the first place

 

[Labcanary]

The youngest wanted to ride his balance bike to his brother's school, but he got tired after 1km. So I improvised carrying the balance bike and put him on the Dolittle seat on my bike.

 

[DMan]

I have got lots of sets of Torches. Lovely hubs but they still have the odd issue like warped freehubs and worn out drive rings. Parts are exxy too. A freehub is $250!!!!!

The Funn Fantoms on AliExpress are my go to replacements now as 102poe is more than good enough and the internals have held up well. The freehubs are the same as the Spank Hex series and cost half as much as the Torch ones.

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Thanks for the tip! I bought a Funn Fantom off MTB Direct and was completely bummed when it arrived and it was a 29er and not the 27.5 I needed..... And they couldn't send me a replacement. I'll check out Aliexpress now as I still want to build a wheel for the mullet but can't find a hub.

 

[DMan]

I have got lots of sets of Torches. Lovely hubs but they still have the odd issue like warped freehubs and worn out drive rings. Parts are exxy too. A freehub is $250!!!!!

The Funn Fantoms on AliExpress are my go to replacements now as 102poe is more than good enough and the internals have held up well. The freehubs are the same as the Spank Hex series and cost half as much as the Torch ones.

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Can you send me a link please?

 

[Oddjob]

Can you send me a link please?

Sure.

AU $93.93 | FUNN FANTOM 102T BOOST ...BICYCLE HUB https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0SwlUU

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[DMan]

Sure.

AU $93.93 | FUNN FANTOM 102T BOOST HUB MTB MOUNTAIN BIKE 4 SEAL BEARINGS BOOST 110 148 32 Holes THROUGH AXLE ENDURO AM BICYCLE HUB https://a.aliexpress.com/_m0SwlUU

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None left in micro spline.

 

[Scotty T]

Sure.

Noise hubs!

 

[DMan]

Noise hubs!

No worse than Hopes. To be honest I could live with 12sp Shimano hubs if I didn't have to take the free hub off to grease it every month....

 

[Oddjob]

None left in micro spline.

Huh? They have 5 left.

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[DMan]

Huh? They have 5 left.

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When I put it in my cart it said it was a front. I couldn't get an MS hub into my cart? That was from that link you posted.

 

[DMan]

Huh? They have 5 left.

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How are you getting the Funn hubs to come up? If I put Funn Fantom into the search bar I only get Koozer and other shitty hubs turning up? Am I missing something?

 

[Labcanary]

How are you getting the Funn hubs to come up? If I put Funn Fantom into the search bar I only get Koozer and other shitty hubs turning up? Am I missing something?

See if this one works:

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005002525710476.html?browser_id=432487e6302f4433940d686f9fb9a08b&aff_trace_key=c1f47b5797f14626968b42cce25fade3-1643317705929-04626-UneMJZVf&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=vr9ugtgzbgucacsh17eb86dd0bc20639999b215199&gclid=

 

[DMan]

See if this one works:

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005002525710476.html?browser_id=432487e6302f4433940d686f9fb9a08b&aff_trace_key=c1f47b5797f14626968b42cce25fade3-1643317705929-04626-UneMJZVf&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=vr9ugtgzbgucacsh17eb86dd0bc20639999b215199&gclid=

That works. Cheers!

 

[The Duckmeister]

Re: high POE/zero- or low-lag hubs ... Initial "feel" difference is often not very perceptible when you make the switch. You really feel the difference when you swap back to your old sloppy hubs!

 

[Isaakk]

Whilst swapping parts from frame to frame, discovered that (below vid) resulted in (following picture). Rode the rest of the day at Maydena with it like that, and a few rides (including jump trails) since too.