Isen workshop: adventures in batch production (or not...)

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gbj_tester in reply to @macaroon

Wonder why they started, and then stopped, making them like this (7800)?

7800 specifically was killed off because nobody bought into the deep splines which only worked with 7800 cassettes. They went chasing after weight weenies with an aluminium rotor but couldn't bring themselves to wing it with standard HG spline depth like all the boutique makers were doing. Within 6 months they binned the project and brought out the 7850 hubs and wheels with a Ti rotor.

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macaroon in reply to @gbj_tester

Yes, you're right, I remember those could only be used with certain cassettes. It's a shame they went back to the unserviceable freehubs though.

I haven't owned any Shimano hubs since some 7700s, might get some XTRs to replace my Bitex, would love to give some of the new ones a try.

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