STEVE-0 Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 (edited) I wanted to know how my front hub compared to other peoples because in my eyes it has always super smooth for a onza hub anyway and i have had it for like 2 and a half years now.Right heres what you do:1. Turn your bike upside down (resting on the handelbars) and get a stopwatch.2. Now simultaneously spin the wheel as hard as you can and start the stopwatch.3. Wait until the wheel has completely stopped moving, i mean COMPLETELY! and stop the the stop watch.4. Repeat the test 3 times and find the average time.e.g. 2.15, 2.20, 2.25 where my times therefore my average time was 2mins and 20secs which i would say is pretty smooth. Like to see how it compares to chris kings etc Obviously the test is going to be quite biased with the strength of peoples tug of the wheel/how true the wheel is/weights of the wheel/tyre/if you have a disk or not/tyre pressure but it should give a rough idea of how smooth your hub is.By the way i ride stock so i don't know if this would affect the results.Cheers, Steve Edited April 2, 2006 by STEVE-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Depends on the weight of your wheel/tyre etc aswell...not a very good test really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zordon Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 It also depends on how true the wheel is.I noticed that my old wheel with the cheapest hub aviable at my lbs spinned much smoother even than my king.20' wheel, echo disc hub (05) - 1m44s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Its a good idea with averages and ecverything but every ones going to have diferent strength and with the weight of the wheel it would not come down to how smooth the hub is.Clarky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavyn. Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 old monty wheel buckled with a try-all tyres at 5:03, 4:89, 5:12 so the average was 5.01333334 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakley Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 if youve got a disc youve f**ked it worst post i think i have ever seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 OKay with my front disc connected properly mine goes on average 17 seconds. Without it i get an average of 5 minutes 22 seconds.Onza hub, onza ronnie rim, supercycles wheelbuild slightly untrue tioga dh rear 2.3 tyre. (stock bike) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun H Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 (edited) It's not really a test for smoothness though? My front bulb on my Kona is le f**ked. It's pretty rough and you can move the wheel 5-10mm to each side but it'll spin forever even with my disc slightly rubbing.It's unweighted rolling resistance really.A new shitmano hub will be (or might be...) pretty smooth but you could overtighten the bearing cones and the wheel would still be smooth but you'd be lucky if you got a whole rotation out of it.... Edited April 2, 2006 by Shaun H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petit_pablo Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Mine doesnt stop rolling It goes back round the other way slowly once it slows enough going one way.Ive got a hope pro2 front hub, onza rim n tioga front tyre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE-0 Posted April 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Yea, point taken i know it was a crap idea but i thought id just see how mine compared. And i dont have a disk! or a buckle so....didnt really think about it for long.Surprised how long some people span for though. 5 and a half mins is bloody loads and i assume people that say it spins forever could be bothered to time it. Cheers anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez.sheridan Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 I think I'm quite close to discovering the source of perpetual momentum when it comes to the acs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 on a road racing bike like £5000 or something stupid in the shop spins forever and is well hard to stop it we have come to the conclusion that it is the weight of the valve that speeds on way down and glides round the rest that wheel spins for minutes if you just touch it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 mine spins for bout 17 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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