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Old 10-16-11 | 07:57 PM
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Te mortuo heres tibi sim?
 
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From: East coast

Bikes: hardtail, squishy, fixed roadie, fixed crosser

Neither.

Hadley.

Saying that as someone who has Hope, Hadley, and King rear hubs in my fleet. I'd not buy Hope again unless on more of a budget. If you're looking at king and I9 though, that's not an issue I suppose. Kings are solid, but I've found them to be slightly more finicky in initial setup to keep them solid. Anyhow, with any of them, you're sort of in the "you can't really go wrong" spot.

My King rear is maybe about 7 years old, and working beatifully. Had a Hadley of roughly the same age - sold it off and bought a Hope for the lighter weight. Bad move. Just replaced it recently with another Hadley, relegated the Hope to the least ridden bike.

Kicking myself for having sold the first Hadley now!

Yes, they still odn't ahve a website, but you can buy them from several online places, most shops can order them, etc. When I've swapped axle sizes over, a quick phone call direct to the company gets me the parts in the mail within a couple days. A husband and wife in California, a few empolyees. Cool company.

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