Used wheel
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Used wheel
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst...094962602.html
Is this wheel a real deal or should I avoid the "no name hub" and seized up cog? I am building my first conversion bike and I'm trying to keep it cheep but I don't know if this wheel is just crummy and I should go with something new and with name brand components.
Is this wheel a real deal or should I avoid the "no name hub" and seized up cog? I am building my first conversion bike and I'm trying to keep it cheep but I don't know if this wheel is just crummy and I should go with something new and with name brand components.
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like the ad says, if you want to change ratios all the time, it isnt the wheel for you. that is a decent price for a fixed wheel. its just a lower end stock wheel off (probably) a bikesdirect bike. i have a lot of miles on my motomess wheelset and have no complaints
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ive gotten a mavix ma40 laced to a maillard fixed/fixed hub for 50 on cl....with 2 fixed cogs....so paying 60 for that is way too much....ive seen deep v's laced to formula hubs for that much.
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If you can't remove the cog, it isn't worth anything near $60, and it sounds like getting the cog off may destroy the hub. It's quite possible that the cog was cross-threaded and the hub is already stripped, or the subsequent efforts to remove it may have damaged the threads. Look elsewhere.
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Eh, its a risk
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I've lost interest in this wheel, plus the guy hasn't responded to my email after he asked me to give a day that I'm free.