Published by Tristan on 10 Sep 2009 at 11:12 am
Stan’s ZTR hubs have arrived
The Stan’s ZTR hubs have arrived and they look really good.
The front hub weighs 162g, the rear 250g – in total that’s lighter than a pair of DT Swiss 240s 6-bolt hubs for about half the price!
All front hubs are pretty straight forward and there is generally little to go wrong: two bearings held on an axle. The rear hub is the important one – a poor quality freehub mechanism spells the death of a rear hub. The Stan’s design is quite straight forward – there is a large 15mm diameter axle running end-to-end supporting the freehub body and hub shell. Each endcap is removable and the hub can be disaembled with two 5mm allen keys and one 10mm. Once the driveside endcap is removed the freehub body pulls straight off the axle.
The freehub is a fairly standard 3-pawl system and each pawl has it’s own spring. There wasn’t much grease in the freehub, probably so it sounds loud in the showroom, but I’ll add a bit of oil to keep things running smoothly. The freehub is sealed using a tapered contact seal – I’ve never seen one of these used for this purpose before.
All the parts are replaceable and the Stan’s importer has promised to keep all small parts available which is great news should anything go wrong or get damaged.
The included quick release levers are good quality, reasonable weight, and have a secure, positive feel.
All up I’m impressed. Durability has yet to be tested in local conditions but guys in the USA have been using these hubs for a while now with no problems.
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Ricky on 10 Sep 2009 at 11:14 pm #
Same freehub mechanism as the Ringle Dirty flea. That tapered seal works quite well in keeping the crap out. I had one small problem with the freehub, one of the pawls didn’t site flush in it’s slot, and deformed the freehub. This was from new, and I suspect was just a once off fault. No problems since in a 9 months of high loading power on a 29ér wheel.
I use oil in mine to keep it running smooth. Had good luck with both Finishline green and the mavic oil