Real hubs

(Nigel Grinter) said:

Seems like there are some good deals on Real cassette hubs (in road and mountain spacing). Does
anyone have knowledge or experience of these?

Real is out of business, so if you need parts or service you are out of luck. Their hubs are quite
light, but there were some problems with their cassette hubs (front hubs are fine, very nice for the
price acutally).

The freehubs would develop lateral play and cause shifting problems, and they are not selaed very
well (high maintenance), and if you don't tear it down regularly, the roller bearings for the
freehub get sloppy fast. Part of a fix for the lateral play involves shortening the bearing sleeve
with a file/grinder.

Avoid the cassette hubs, the front hubs are great.

G

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Quoted message said:

Seems like there are some good deals on Real cassette hubs (in road and mountain spacing). Does
anyone have knowledge or experience of these?

Thanks,

Nigel Grinter

I had a pair. Bearings got rough very quickly in both the hubs.

Save your money or buy something else.

Mike

(Nigel Grinter) said:

Seems like there are some good deals on Real cassette hubs (in road and mountain spacing). Does
anyone have knowledge or experience of these?

Thanks,

Nigel Grinter

I don't know what good deals there are. I built several wheelsets using the road hub for 130 spaced
frames. The flange to flange distance is wide and it it difficult to get enough tension in the non
drive side of rims that don't have the holes offset much. I think that the road hub is a MTB hub
with shorter ends.

They seem to be sturdy and should last a long while. Like other cartridge bearing hubs, they are not
as slick as ball and race models.