Longshot - WTB 32 Hole Campagnolo compatible rear cassette hub

[Sean Whelan]

Looking for silver, 32 Hole rear cassette hub. 9 / 10 speed compatible.

Campagnolo, White Industries, Phil wood, etc.

Please reply off-list.

Thanks,
Sean

[Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery]

Make sure you get the cassette lockring if you find a hub. They are hub-specific and not cheap.

[benzzoy]

On Mar 21, 8:08 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Make sure you get the cassette lockring if you find a hub. They are
> hub-specific and not cheap.

Not necessarily. The older 9/10/11-speed Campagnolo hubs use the
smaller 26x1 lockrings that are somewhat hard to find and fairly
expensive, so with that you're correct. These hubs can typically be
identified by their old-style steel or titanium threaded axles.

However, more recent (post-1999) hubs all use the 27x1 lockrings;
these are cheap'n'plentiful and in fact come with new cassettes.
Campagnolo started with including them with cassettes, then stopping
that practice, and now has resumed that practice again. Hurray for us!

[Brewster Fong]

Agree, if you can find them, the 1999 thru 2006 Record/Chorus/Centaur hubs are some of the best ever made!  These 3 hubs have basically the same innards (cones, races, bearings) and are among the lightest hubs every made. After around 2006, Campy discontinued the Chorus and moved the Centaur hub to be more in line with the lower Veloce/Mirage line. Too bad,

For alternatives, look at White hubs. If you want cheaper, check out the Ambrosio Zenith:

http://www.totalcycling.com/road-components/hubs/hubs_road/HB_ZENITH_S_R_CAMPAGNOLO.html 

This is basically the same hub that Jan H sells under the Grand Bois name. Jan raved about the GB hub, so this should work out well.

As for lockrings, yes it comes with the cassette. If you want a cheaper alternative to Campy, check out the miche campy compatible cassette, it also comes with a matching lockring. Good Luck!

[RonLau]

Sean,

I would suggest WI or if you can deal with Black hub, DT 350.  Those Campy hubs are nice and their street price is usually more than WI hub new.  They are very easy to adjust and service.

Ron

[Sean Whelan]

Thanks to everyone for all of the feedback and suggestions. I am happy to report that a list member dug through the parts bin and found two suitable rear hubs and I completed a purchase of both. (I do have lockrings and cassettes in my stockpile). I love this group. The most civil cycling minds anywhere. The next time I build a full budget wheelset, I will purchase the White Industries hubs. Cheers, Sean --- On Thu, 3/22/12, RonLau <ron...@ronlau.com> wrote:

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