Ahoy! My Breezer Uptown Infinity is doing well. Needs new rear rim from previous brake pad set being dried out & rock hard. I was picking metal out of those pads almost daily. New pads working great, lasting way, way longer -nowhere near needing replacement, no metal bits found-. New rim means new spokes. New rim & spokes means loose hub. Hub is a nuvinci N350. Loose hub to get thoroughly cleaned. Chain and chainring also getting cleaned. Hub was a bit over-filled with friction fluid, and it got on sprocket, chain, chainring. Friction fluid acts the opposite of lubricating fluid. Lots of drag. Dyno hub on front bit noisy & draggy as well. That’ll have to wait till new rim is needed. Replacing stock Alex DH1936H rim with same. Has a rim brake “track” with added material that I quite like. Spokes will be Sapim strong spoke, replacing existing sapim strong spoke. Low end torque from the n350 kept popping the stock spokes during short high energy acceleration. Rear wheel has symmetrical dish, and spokes on both sides broke.... that’s how I know it was the torque. They were all tensioned properly too. Strong spoke is incredible, and the DH1936H has some very good features. Have not popped a spoke in 3 years!

Some new photos are definitely in order. I’m wary of any rides outside of neighbourhood due to thin rear rim wall, so it may have to wait till it’s had a visit to the shop.

Till then, please enjoy this older photo!


- Andy