Originally Posted by
Koyote
Yikes. Good to know. Thanks. Hopefully they will replace it under warranty?
fwiw, I have a 17-year old Dura Ace hub with a ti freehub shell, and it's still in good shape.
It's out of warranty. I have two sets of WI hubs. The other one has a Crampy freehub. So far it is fine. I think the old Shimano design invites problems. A non-steel freehub and an ape like me only makes it worse.
Today I forgot my 1.3 lb saddle bag with tools, tube, etc. I noticed absolutely no difference whatsoever climbing 3,000 ft. Saving weight on the freehub just seems silly.