Originally Posted by
chandltp
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).
Dunno about the salt aspect of it, but at $40 it is almost disposable. The only salt I see is when I go to the beach in the summer
, they do "pre-treat" roads around here with brine, but that means I don't ride for a couple of days. Nothing against the road conditions, just the road users.
I know of at least one person using it on a commuter and another for rando use. Both of them like the hub and have no complaints. My intended use is on a tour bike as a power supply for electronics.
Aaron
