Timeline for MTB BSO rear hub – bearing size dilemma
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| Apr 15, 2022 at 22:56 | comment | added | pateksan | @leftaroundabout Fair enough. It crossed my mind you might be thinking about any bike with a freewheel. But it didn't seem right as there are a lot of bikes with freewheels which I wouldn't call BSOs. But I admit I stopped keeping up with bike technology some 15 years ago, and I guess I need to accept that things are changing, which I guess is good in the grand scheme of things. | |
| Apr 15, 2022 at 20:49 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | @pateksan yes. The problem is that these bikes have a freewheel that requires the axle to poke out completely unsupported for quite a long distance. The resulting lever makes it so even moderate impacts on the rear wheel bend the axle slightly. Now, that's not too bad in a road bike which isn't really supposed to take any hits ever, but in a mountainbike... come on, you know you're going to do the occasional hop or smash into some rocks, and after a couple of times the axle inevitably just snaps then. | |
| Apr 15, 2022 at 20:03 | comment | added | pateksan | @leftaroundabout Thank you but I don't think I understand. Is there something about BSOs that makes axles break more easily? I can think of several factors affecting the life of an axle. But it didn't think it mattered what the quality of the remainder of the bike was. | |
| Apr 12, 2022 at 13:06 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | Try to get replacement axles in bulk... they break absurdly easily on those bikes. | |
| Apr 12, 2022 at 10:14 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Apr 12, 2022 at 8:30 | comment | added | Noise | You will have to remove the freewheel to install the bearings and axle easily. Stick loose bearings in place with thick grease -- it's an easy job and they won't fall out while you are messing around. Car/trailer wheel bearing grease works well, very thick. | |
| Apr 12, 2022 at 6:01 | answer | added | mattnz | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 12, 2022 at 2:48 | history | edited | pateksan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Terminology. Used to refer to races in the hub, but they are now called cups
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| Apr 12, 2022 at 2:11 | history | asked | pateksan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |