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Old 11-05-14 | 10:50 AM
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From: Signal Mountain, TN

Bikes: '23 Black Mtn MC, '87 Bruce Gordon Chinook, '08 Jamis Aurora, '86 Trek 560, '97 Mongoose Rockadile, & '91 Trek 750

Undersized bearings in the rear hub. Much easier for the hub to fail, needed greasing fairly frequently to prevent bearing cracking, excessive heat, scorched bearing races.

The helicomatic mechanism or cog grooves were fairly novel however, but all the fancy machining and fitment cause a lack of space for properly sized rear hub bearings. Front hubs were fine, no issues.
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