Old 10-13-15, 08:26 AM
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merlinextraligh
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I've had a lot of aluminum free hubs with gouges. Some bad enough that it took a little bit of effort to get the cassette off.

I've never had a freehub get to the point the cogs wouldn't stay in place, even on a tandem where you're putting twice the torque to the hub.

At most, it's a slight annoyance. If anyone ever got an aluminum freehub to the point of failure, I'm pretty sure they got a lot of use out of it first.

So just keep using the aluminum body, and if ever does fail, replace it.
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