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SYM HUB
OK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I GOT AN SYM HUB AND YES THIS IS MUTT AND YES I DO NOT RIDE ANYMORE SO WHY THE HELL DO I CARE ABOUT SOME $640.00 FREE-COASTER HUB IF I DONT RIDE ANYMORE. WELL BRI FROM F-R-O WANTED ME TO DO A THING ON THE SYM HUB SINCE I AM ONE OF THE FEW WHO HAS IT IS THE USA AND PROBABLY IN THE WORLD AT THIS MOMENT. SO HERE I AM TYPING AWAY TRYING TO THINK OF THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS HUB AND HOW IT WORKS. OK FOR THE IST THING ABOUT THE SYM HUB IS THAT IT IS HEAVY AND WHEN I GOT IT OUT OF THE CANISTER I WAS LIKE HOLY $#@%^ AND D@#$ HUB AND WELL YOU GOT THE IDEA HOW HEAVY IT WAS AND I WEIGHED IT AND IT WEIGHS JUST OVER 2 POUNDS COMPARED TO AN NANKAI HUB WEIGHS ABOUT 1 POUND 2 OUNCES. I WAS ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE WEIGHT BACK BY USUING ARAYA 7X RIMS AND TITANUIM(TYS'S) SPOKES AND IT IS STILL A GOOD 1/2 POUND HEAVIER THAN MY OLD BACK WHEEL AND FOR ME IT IS NOT GOOD AS IM A WEIGHT WATCHER AND THATS NOT A DIET THING EITHER-SORRY<___SMART ( { ).
OK WHAT MAKES THE SYM HUB GOOD IS THAT THE AXLE IS SEPERATE OF THE HUB ITSELF SO YOU DONT NEED TO TAKE OFF THE CONE NUTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO CHANGE AN AXLE AND ALL YOU DO IS UNDO THE AXLE NUTS AND ZIP IT COMES RIGHT OUT AND I GUESS THE ONLY THING YOU GOT TO WATCH IS MAKING SURE YOU HAND TIGHT BOTH SIDES SO YOUR DONT LET THE AXLE SLIDE TOO FAR ON ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER AND YOU GOT AN EVEN AMOUNT OF AXLE ON BOTH SIDES. THEN YOU USE THE RATCHET TO TIGHTEN THE AXLE NUTS UP. THE HUB COMES WITH SOME BURLY AXLE NUTS OF 19MM AND I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU GO TO LIGHT ALUMINUM NUTS BECAUSE YOUR SAVE A POUND, SERIOUSLY, OFF BIKE PLUS GETTING A 19MM SOCKET IS REAL HARD UNLESS YOU CARRY IT AROUND WITH YOU AND I WENT WITH NORMAL ALUMINUM 15 MM BOLTS AND EVERYONE HAS 15MM SOCKETS AND RATCHETS. THERE ARE DIRECTIONS IN THE PACKLET IF YOU DO GET THE SYM HUB NOT TO TAKE THE HUB APART AND BELIEVE ME YOU DONT WANT TO AS THERE IS NO NEED AS IT IS A CASSETTE HUB SO EVERYTHING IS SEALED AND GREASED SO DONT BOTHER AND YOUR HAVE A HELLUVE HARD TIME GETTING IT BACK TOGETHER AS I FOUND OUT.
OK IMAGINE A HUB YOU CANT HEAR AND THERE IS NO NOISE AT ALL AND ITS LIKE YOUR RIDING ON AIR AND THERE IS NO CLANK(HOW MANY TIME DO WE HEAR THAT WITH A NANKAI HUBS??), NO WEIRD NOISES AT ALL AND YOUR WHEEL SPINS FOREVER SILENT AND SMOOTH. WELL THIS IS EXACTLY HOW THE SYM HUB IS AND YES IT IS THE ULTIMATE HUB AND IS EVERYHTING PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT IT AND MORE AND I RODE A BIT IN FRONT OF A FRIENDS HOUSE AND IT NEVER BACKPEDALED AND THE FUNNY THING...I NEVER HAD TO SET MY PEDALS LIKE I DO WITH THE NANKAI I HAD. I MEAN I WAS TRYING TO SET MY PEDALS AND MY FRIEND WAS YELLING WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING ITS AN DAMN SYM HUB AND I SAID-"OH YEAH, I FORGOT". IMAGAINE YOU WANT TO DO PEDALS TRICKS AND THEN JUMP BACK ON THE PEGS AND BACK AGAIN AND YOU NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ACCIDENTLY PEDALS GETTING MOVED AS IT MIGHT UNENGAGE YOUR FREE-COASTER AS THIS SYM HUB NEVER GETS AN BACKPEDALING NO MATTER WHAT. I DID NOTICE THO IT DOES GO 1/16 OF A PEDAL ROTATION TO ENGAGE SOMETIME BUT THAT IS SO SLIGHT COMPARED TO HUBS TOTALLY BACKPEDALING AND HUBS SCREWING UP WHEN YOU DONT HAVE IT ENGAGING AT ALL. I MEAN THE SMOOTHNESS OF THE HUB AND THE SILENCE ITSELF MAKES THE HUB WAY WORTH IT AND I ESPECIALLY LIKED THE FACT THAT I DIDNT BASH MY SHINS AS MUCH AS I DID WITH THE NANKAI.
OK SO HERE ARE THE POINTS I MAKE ABOUT THE SYM HUB
GOOD POINTS-
--SPINS FOREVER AND IS SO SMOOTH
--SO SILENT I CAN HEAR AN MOUSE FART AND ITS LIKE YOUR RIDING ON AIR
--NO BACKPEDALING AT ALL AND I MEAN NONE
--YOU DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SETTING PEDALS AND WORRY IF YOU DID IT RIGHT BEFORE YOU SMASH AND MAKE YOUR SHINS BLEED-ARGHHHHHHH!!!
--IT IS AXLE REPLACING EASY FRIENDLY WITH TWO AXLE NUTS AND A ZIP ZAP ITS REPLACED
--YOU CAN GET INSURANCE THAT COST $13.00 US DOLLARS AND THAT WILL COVER ANY PROBLEMS WITH HUB AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT OPTION WHEN YOU BUY HUB AND I GOT INSURANCE AND IS WAY WORTH THE COST AND ASK MICHAEL CORY THE DETAILS ON THIS INSURANCE AS I REALLY DONT KNOW ALL THE FINE DETAILS BY HEART.
--IS PRETTY MUCH MAINTENANCE FREE AND YOU MIGHT NEED TO GREASE AXLE AND A FEW PARTS ONCE IN AWHILE BUT IT IS ALL SEALED AND CATRIDGES SO IT WILL LAST ALOT LONGER THAN ANY OTHER NANKAI HUB.
--THE HUB ITSELF IS HEFTY WITH THE FLANGES REAL THICK/HEAVY DUTY HUB AND THIS IS WHY IT IS HEAVY BUT IT WILL NEVER CRACK OR BEND OR DO ANYTHING THE OTHER FREE-COASTER MIGHT DO AND IVE SEEN SOME HORROR STORIES.
BAD POINTS
--WAY TOO HEAVY AND YOU GOT TO USE LIGHT AS HELL RIM, SPOKES AND TIRES TO MAKE UP FOR HEAVY HUB.
--BACKPEDALS 1/16 PEDAL ROTATION TO ENGAGE SOMETIMES AND YOU MUST SET PEDALS 1/16 ROTATION TO MAKE UP DIFFERENCE-DOESNT REALLY AFFECT STUFF TOO OFTEN BUT MAKES YOU THINK SOMETHING GOING ON WHEN IT ISNT AND THAT CAN BE ANNOYING.
--THE MOST IMPORTANT BAD POINT IS THE FACT THAT THIS HUB IS.....$640.00 US DOLLARS TO GET AND YOU HAVE TO SEND IT TO UK AND THEN WAIT TO GET IT BACK BUT MICHAEL GOOD AT THIS AND SENDS THE HUB IN 3 DAYS AND I SENT THE LETTER WITH INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDER TO HIM IN THREE DAYS AND GOT THE HUB 6 DAYS SINCE I SENT THE LETTER WHICH ISNT BAD.
OK I HOPE THIS HELPS ALL THE RIDERS WHO ARE THINKING OF GETTING THIS HUB AND THAT MEANS YOU TOO PETE BRANDT, AND IF YOU WANT MORE INFO ON THE SYM HUB THEN GO TO SYMHUB.COM OR CONTACT MICHAEL JORY AT MIKE@SYMHUB.COM.
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