Originally Posted by
Jonesandrew
Hi MTZER, First of all, you can call me Andrew
. My answers below:
- LT blue elastomer
- The blue was the only spare I had and I got lucky, it worked for me. I'm about 76kg. Based on 8 year old images from the Japanese Cycletech site I think the original shape was probably square cut blocks of two different thicknesses. I hope you can see in the picture that I didn't attempt to make a square block from the LT elastomer, I just cut a segment out, then jammed it into place.
- I didn't see any evidence of lube when I dismantled mine and I didn't use any to reassemble it. Yours looks similar from the picture.
- Yes, I could feel the cushioning effect after the repair. I still have the Stelvio tyres in good condition and run them at full pressure. If you will run larger section tyres at a lower pressure, then you may not feel much benefit after the repair. BUT, one of the principle reasons this bike performed so well was because of the low rolling resistance of the tyres. The resulting hard ride was mitigated by the hub. There's an impartial review here: Pantour Suspension Hub (atob.org.uk)
Notice that I didn't attempt to replace the "rebound" small elastomer, I may do so in the future. Good luck.
Hello Andrew!
Thanks a lot for your post and the picture! It seems very simple to replace it and it is far away from the pain I imagined myself going through by reading through all the old stories.
Anyway, I called Ben at Kinetics and he seemed to have some of the last spare Pantour hub elastomers! He said some already solidified but I am just getting them for the sake of curiosity about the shape and material! I have a small elastomer laying around here which is looking like the Cane Creek which I'm planning to use! I'll keep you posted with a picture this week when I do the replacement.
Thanks again!