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it's an annoyance you can't strip them down and service them yourself
As I said, not unimprovable, but the Shimano freehub can be treated as a consumable when you can buy a complete hub for €30 and perform a full guts transplant.
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Have had Shimano freehubs fail on me twice in the past, and it's an annoyance you can't strip them down and service them yourself. Otherwise, they're good hubs.
But you can, best thing about Shimano is the cup and cone system.
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Have had Shimano freehubs fail on me twice in the past, and it's an annoyance you can't strip them down and service them yourself. Otherwise, they're good hubs.
Would take the DTs over Bitex though (have both at the moment). I thought that the Bitex would be the perfect hub; they are light, cheap, have bite guards, sealed bearings etc. But the pawls and pawl springs are tiny and after use over winter they were sticking/breaking. They are only cheap to replace though. The DT star ratchet has always been trouble free for me.