Anyone else have a Bontrager freehub fail?
02-09-08, 07:44 PM
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Anyone else have a Bontrager freehub fail?
The interface between the rear axle and the cartridge bearing developed enough play to result in a rim which had 2-3mm of lateral runout.
The symtoms while riding was a cluncky noise which occured when I stop pedaling. The freewheel did not want to allow freewheeling.
The bike is only 5 months old and has approx 1000 miles on it. I don't jump curbs.
My LBS contacted Trek who is sending me an entire new rear wheel which will have an 08 Bontrager hub. It's a Race X Lite and my LBS says the hub is made by DT Swisse.
In over 30 years of riding this is the first time I have had a hub failure (not just the cups or cones wearing out.)
Anyone else have this happen?
PS The warranty on the wheels is 5 years by Trek.
The symtoms while riding was a cluncky noise which occured when I stop pedaling. The freewheel did not want to allow freewheeling.
The bike is only 5 months old and has approx 1000 miles on it. I don't jump curbs.
My LBS contacted Trek who is sending me an entire new rear wheel which will have an 08 Bontrager hub. It's a Race X Lite and my LBS says the hub is made by DT Swisse.
In over 30 years of riding this is the first time I have had a hub failure (not just the cups or cones wearing out.)
Anyone else have this happen?
PS The warranty on the wheels is 5 years by Trek.
02-10-08, 01:39 PM
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Me too. Trek replaced it under warrenty. The mechanic told me that some grit had gotten into the freewheel mechanism and had messed things up. To be fair, I rode all through the winter with those wheels and they were exposed to some pretty harsh conditions.
02-10-08, 04:53 PM
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Should we be worried about the reliabity of these hubs?
I saw a Race Lite XXX carbon/tubular wheelset at the Westminster MD swap meet for $870 (used) and they looked very nice but the hubs appeared to be the same but I did not scrutinize them carefully.
I saw a Race Lite XXX carbon/tubular wheelset at the Westminster MD swap meet for $870 (used) and they looked very nice but the hubs appeared to be the same but I did not scrutinize them carefully.
