During a recent trip to a co-op last week I picked up a pair of Shimano HC-110 high flange hubs:

http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.as...m=110&AbsPos=2



I like high flange hubs and never pass up the opportunity to have them on hand. Normally I'm a fan of Sunshine hubs...especially the Pro-Am models. Even the lower end Sunshine stuff is quite nice when clean, packed with good grease, and properly adjusted.

After doing my normal break down, rehab, clean, polish, repack, etc. on this Shimano pair I was more than pleasantly surprised at how smooth these guys were. These are very garden variety...not DA-level or anything and they really remind me of the smooth, solid spin of the Sunshine Pro-Ams.

This evening, I just finished a Shimano 333 rear high flange hub I picked up yesterday. I got the single because I know of another place that has the matching front, which I will go get tomorrow. Again, I'm really surprised at how solid and smooth this hub is compared to some of the better hubs I'm used to.

Does anyone else make the same observation about older Shimano hubs?