Thread: Bitex hubs?
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Old 01-14-19 | 07:42 PM
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HerrKaLeun
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Bikes: Giant Toughroad SLR1 and Motobecane Sturgis NX

Originally Posted by Marcus_Ti
They're basic cartridge bearing hubs. Not fancy, but utilitarian and work. Easy peasy servicing; hubs are cheap and so are the parts. A few things not to like IME from having a set:

A) Freehub is moderately loud. Can quiet it down with more oil or heavier lubricant....but that is temporary. Note how I said "not to like" above rather than "cons"
B) Even the "anti-notch" FH doesn't resist notching well as it only reinforces one side of the splines. But, cheap hub...that is what you get. Cheap.
C) The pawl engangement tended to miss much more often than say Shimano hubs (which are almost as cheap). E.g. apply power and you;d go--but I'd get a metallic BANG as a pawl would finally ram home into place under torque where it wasn't quite before.

For cheap hubs...they do the trick. OTOH you get what you pay for. Per a commenter above---unless you;re a feather weight (some are), I'd recommend more spokes.

One outright con:

-You will not find documentation on hub servicing....you'll need to rely on internet videos.
I can't tell about longevity. but lack of documentation is a downer here.

But even I could figure it out. just unscrew the endcaps and it comes apart. Very similar to Hope hubs etc.
Alternative hub designs have endcaps held by O-rings and you "wiggle" or just pull them off.
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