Originally Posted by
Soil_Sampler
I wonder if your hubs were the exception(s), and not the rule?
Zero probs with my White stuff, especially the freewheels.
I doubt very much that I am the only one to have a White Industrie's hub with cheap and crappy bearings, or that I am the only one with atrociously badly machined shell. When there are such fabrication imperfections, assembly failures are much more frequent, hence the bearing that was "dancing" in my case. Basically, the axis of the bearing and the axis of the shell were not parallel (the difference is just a fraction of a degree, but enough to cause the clicking noise at every revolution). Careful repositioning of the bearing solved the problem, but also opened my eyes to what piece of crap did I spend my money on. For less money, Surly's are way, way better, in every aspect.