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Old 12-11-16 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by bikecommuter13
I have two wheels with the same cassette. When I put wheel #1 into the bike, spin it, I rotates well and stops slowly. For wheel #2, it rotates and then stops faster than wheel #1. Can I assume the hub on wheel #1 is better and faster?
From your description of the relatively sudden stop my bet is that you have an out-of-true rim rubbing the brake rather than too tight bearings on your hub. Either way, I'm agreeing with FBinNY that it isn't affecting your bike speed significantly. If it was my bike, though I'd still fix it.
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