This can't go for .99 cents. Someone stop this madness. You still have 3 hours.

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someone on CL offered to sell JUST the REAR hub/rim/tire that come stock with the pista, asking $50. is that a fair price, assuming it's all in good condition, and tires still have tread left?

Hell yeah! (Assuming good condition).Check the price on a Formula hub alone.

Please check the threads carefully for stripping, and see if he throws in the cog and lockring.

If so, it's a deal.

yes, cog and lockring included.

he says it's a Bianchi hub.... is that a formula rebadged?

Basically.

bianchi pista stock hubs are not formula hubs. 50 for the wheel is fair, though.

Same type of hub. Almost indistinguishable. That's why I said "basically".

Suzue, Formula, Bianchi.....indistiguishable.

Nope. Formulas are sealed cartridge bearings. The other are loose bearings with questionable seals. Indistinguishable in the first few months of good-weather riding, but I wouldn't expect a Suzue to last nearly as long as a Formula.

The bianchi hubs are sealed cart. bearings, i.e on par with formula..suzue is the odd one out in serendipper's sequence..

Yeah, I caught myself. I knew that was off even as I typed, but I was distracted over in P&R.

If I wasn't interrupted I would have kept going! Suzue, IRO, Surly, Kogswell, LeVel, etc......just running down the list of entry level hubs. But my point was to compare Formula and Bianchi, which are, in my experience, about equal.

Thanks for the edit, guys! You keep me on point.

Er, I picked up an OEM Bianchi fixed/free wheelset on CL for 100$CDN thinking they were made by Formula....this is not the case?

They certainly do not look like Formula hubs.

Probably not made by formula, but the level of quality is nearly the same as on all cart. bearing hubs- surly, miche, formula, iro, etc, all sealed cart. bearings, decent threads if you do the install right, etc..

Heheh, k, thanks. I figured it was a good deal as it came with the rubber and the cog/lockring, I just always thought that Formula made the hubs for Bianchi. Thanks for clearing that up.

hello, OP of the hub question here...

so i was going to just throw this rear fixie wheel onto a vintage road bike of mine. but a buddy of mine told me it's a bad idea and i should only use this on a track bike. is that true? i thought it was as simple as just putting it on, then possibly having to respace and redish to align chain.

also, if i wanted to go single speed can i just spin a BMX freewheel onto the threads, or is the hub not compatible for that? it is not a flip-flop hub, as far as i know.

Hrm, I've used a 120mm spaced track hub on a 126mm spaced road frame by using 35cents worth of washers to make the chainline run ture. It is a fine idea, provided you get a good chainline working.

I think a BMX freewheel should work, have you tried it and it didn't fit?

nah, i haven't even picked up the wheel yet (tonight).

man.. now i'm thinking, i was hoping i could use this wheel between 2 different conversion bikes, but that probably won't work, right? most likely the front chainring alignment will be different b/wn the 2, so i'll have to use it exclusively for one, or am i missing something here???

Hrm, what are the two frame types? Are they both road? I think it will depend on the length of the BB spindle. I would think that if you have the same length spindle, things should be fine. You might have to fiddle with the washers when you switch between frames, but that isn't too a big a deal.

With my conversion, I had 1 washer on the non-drive side and 2 washers on the drive side but when I put that same wheel on a different frame, I had 2 washers on the non-drive side and 1 washer on the drive side. The spindles were the same length but the cranks were different.

Oldie, you can easily run the freewheel on the hub. Also, you should be able to run a similar chainline on both bikes in order to swap out the wheel.

Just buy it and try it.

i assume that means in one of your frames, the wheel is slightly off-center?

No, I think that the different cranks made the need for a different number of washers on either side. I don't now why that is, but it just went down that way. I think it is best to get the wheel exactly in the center.

Purple Vivalo
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Pettenella

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Wait, wait, wait...

LeveL makes entry-level hubs?