Originally Posted by
wahoonc
$40 usd for a Sanyo hub. I have one laying on my work bench waiting to get laced into a wheel. The rim and spokes are going to add another $47 to the price. So for under a c-note I have permanent power. I could have reused the old rim and saved $30 or so, but the old rim is showing it's age and the brake tracks are getting concave...
That's not bad. How do they hold up to salt? I'm just really cheap when it comes to bikes, especially ones that will get trashed from salt.
Most of my winter bikes have less than $20 in them, unless it's something transferable, like fenders and lights. I hadn't considered the idea of re-using the hub on subsequent bikes and just buying new spokes.
Although I'd have to try my hand at wheel building to keep the cost down. I'm assuming they aren't the same size as my existing front hub, so I can't re-use spokes (yea, I realize I shouldn't anyway).