Originally Posted by
irwin7638
Thanks Sixty Fiver,
This was a 2007 model with about 15,000 all-weather miles behind it. I'm moving this bike to my winter "beater" so I may just go for a 3 spd. How do you think the SA hubs compare? Harris has a 3 spd nexus prebuilt wheel for 129, any opinions?
Marc
The SA AW is about as bulletproof as it gets and the new Sunrace models may be even better than most of the late model British AW hubs... the quality of British made SA hubs started to drop off in the 60's and the best vintage hubs come from the late 40's and 50's when QC was extremely high.
The plus to running the SA AW is the ability to use oil lubrication and I run synthetic oil to keep my hubs running smoothly in the coldest temperatures you could imagine... my winter bike has a 1964 AWG (3 speed with dynohub) and it is nearly as smooth as my 50's era hubs.