Re: rear 120 mm 5speed freewheel hub for my quickbeam?

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Jim M.

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Aug 6, 2012, 5:42:13 PM8/6/12
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So I guess you don't have the stock wheelset? I don't know Quando, but Formula, Origin8 and Surly make good but less expensive 120mm hubs.
 
RBW has a budget wheelset with a flip/flop 120 rear hub for $250, and they have a "fancier" flip/flop 120 rear wheel for $250 made by Rich Lesnik.
 
jim m
wc ca

On Monday, August 6, 2012 10:19:49 AM UTC-7, rex wrote:
hi everyone
im looking for a rear hub to be made into a wheel for my quickbeam. i am currently running it as a 5sp freewheel with clamp on derailer via a cheap 126mm wheel sourced from my lbs. we "respaced" it to about 122mm with slimmer nuts and it works quite well. im convinced i want to keep it this way. so now i want to have a nicer wheel built up to be permanent. the trouble is the paul or phil hubs that fit my needs are about $190. i was hoping to get the whole wheel for around that.
any thoughts as to an alternative hub or do any of you out there have a 120mm 5 speed freewheel hub youd sell?
i have seen a freewheel hub branded quando in 126mm. they have sealed bearings and sell for around $30. the guy at the lbs said i could change out the freewheel spacer to a 5sp one from a 6sp one and grind of 3mm on each side of the axle and id be right there. it would work out ok too since id have that done before the wheel was built to get the dish right easier. a wheel with that hub and a sun cr18 rim @36 spokes works out to be about $150. that dosent sound too bad to me for a hand built wheel. any thoughts as to the positive/negative ramifications of doing this? 
thanks for your time
joe kelly
columbus ohio

William

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Aug 6, 2012, 6:13:58 PM8/6/12
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you could play around with something like this:

justin...@gmail.com

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Aug 6, 2012, 10:34:46 PM8/6/12
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http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/components/wheelsets-rims-hubs/grand-cru-freewheel-rear-wheel-126mm-700c.html

That looks right up your alley.

Philip Williamson

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Aug 7, 2012, 2:22:56 AM8/7/12
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I'd ride the setup you have now until the bearings failed or it took a lot of maintenance to true. But I'm notoriously cheap. 
Iro Cycles (down for maintenance right now) had super cheap track hubs, rims and spokes for a while. Formula/Velocity, I think. The rims build up easily, and have been solid for me. 
Someone on this list has a freewheel hub they can sell you for $5-$20. 
Fixie wheelsets are $100-$150 on eBay. You can (probably) just spin a freewheel on there. 

Philip

Stephen S

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Aug 7, 2012, 12:43:28 PM8/7/12
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Could look at going vintage and classy at the same time.


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something like this 

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