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Mini service of Epocalypse and post Dartmoor inspection, I suspect the 4 ride old TIME pedals are FUBAR, one of them took a massive hit on some granite and has deformed the spring casing (billet ally) and also ground about 3 mm off of the body meaning its a bit loose on the cleat. The other has some axle play and is clicking so I'll see what can be done with them tomorrow. Back wheel out and off to grownups at LBS for at least some new cassette carrier bearings and maybe more but as that means delving into the sprag clutch assembly they can do that as that is bad juju.
Mech jockey wheels cleaned and regreased. Will need new ones as the tooth I smashed off one on Dartmoor in October has not grown back.
Zebs have a nice scratch in the stanchions now (stupid low speed off) so that'll probably be a new set of uppers at the next service.
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
Relubed the Curtis BB, new bearings next time I think, I might try a Maxhit BB white the larger bearings next time. Then found out why the back wheel is buckled…..
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That’ll be the second Nobl hub I’ve cracked.
Last edited by MingtheMerciless on Thu May 01, 2025 5:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
weeksy wrote: Thu May 01, 2025 4:55 pm
Nice job... considering where you live, you seem to be amazingly hard on bikes !
Funnily enough in my local riding group chat the consensus of opinion is that I should never have anything nice!
The front hub broke just before our ride on the Surrey hills all those years ago and they replaced that under warranty (4years and 10 months into a 5 year warranty) so looks like I'll have to pay for this one.
Oh and I should say it is the second Nobl hub flange I've cracked, not Onyx (the Nobl hubs were a legitimate copy/rebadge of an Onyx hub when Nobl were trying to do hubs and rims).
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
weeksy wrote: Thu May 01, 2025 4:55 pm
Nice job... considering where you live, you seem to be amazingly hard on bikes !
Oh and I should say it is the second Nobl hub flange I've cracked, not Onyx (the Nobl hubs were a legitimate copy/rebadge of an Onyx hub when Nobl were trying to do hubs and rims).
weeksy wrote: Thu May 01, 2025 4:55 pm
Nice job... considering where you live, you seem to be amazingly hard on bikes !
Oh and I should say it is the second Nobl hub flange I've cracked, not Onyx (the Nobl hubs were a legitimate copy/rebadge of an Onyx hub when Nobl were trying to do hubs and rims).
What is so special about Nobl / Onyx hubs?
Silent drive and instant pickup, no lag at all. I love the things.
Also the Silent Drive as every time I ride them I hear Sean Connery with a dodgy Russian accent in my head "the order is engage the Silent Drive"......
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
Broken it, badly. Luckily it failed 5 minutes after i was doing 50mph of Firle beacon.
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
Broken it, badly. Luckily it failed 5 minutes after i was doing 50mph of Firle beacon.
That's different!
They usually crack through the spider...
I'd be straight into my LBS and get the serial number on the cranks checked if I were you, and if they're part of the recall, I'd be taking some legal advice too...
It doesn’t look like the they were in recall from what I see (10 speed FC-6750 ultegra) and recall seems to be 11 speed. I will have chat with LBS tomorrow.
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
Dropped broken Nobl hub/wheel off at the LBS for hub guts to be transferred to a new Onyx hub and the wheel rebuilt......hefty bill incoming
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
MingtheMerciless wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 2:18 pm
Dropped broken Nobl hub/wheel off at the LBS for hub guts to be transferred to a new Onyx hub and the wheel rebuilt......hefty bill incoming
£324, £150 for a new hub shell, £40 of bearings (Ming strikes again), new spokes and nipples and labour.
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
MingtheMerciless wrote: Tue Jun 03, 2025 6:08 pm
£324, £150 for a new hub shell, £40 of bearings (Ming strikes again), new spokes and nipples and labour.
A few days late, but got Sprung to strip the 38's on my new Mondraker Crafty last week, hone the bushes (they were pretty tight!) and replace the woefully underdamped GRIP damper with the new GRIP X2...
Fair to say, it has absolutely transformed the fork! Much more damping control, more mid stroke support, and much less choking over high speed chatter too... Well worth the cost to upgrade!
MingtheMerciless wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 2:18 pm
Dropped broken Nobl hub/wheel off at the LBS for hub guts to be transferred to a new Onyx hub and the wheel rebuilt......hefty bill incoming
What is happening for you to destroy hub shells if you don't mind me asking...? Are you running these on your eBike...?
MingtheMerciless wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 2:18 pm
Dropped broken Nobl hub/wheel off at the LBS for hub guts to be transferred to a new Onyx hub and the wheel rebuilt......hefty bill incoming
What is happening for you to destroy hub shells if you don't mind me asking...? Are you running these on your eBike...?
No they were on my Speccy Enduro and it’s now my “winter” wheel on the Curtis so the wheel is about 8 years old (carbon Nobl rim and Nobl hub). Apparently the Nobl hubs had a design issue where the hub flange cracks , I did get one done under warranty, about 4 years and 10 months into a 5 year warranty but this one is way outside that. Fortunately the expensive hub internals are Onyx so fit straight into an Onyx hub as Nobl don’t make hubs anymore.
And thanks for the update on the fox dampers as I was umming and ahhing over an SL or full fat 36 for the Curtis and I’ll be going full fat now. (Replacing the DT Swiss fork that I put on it 5 years ago).
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
MingtheMerciless wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 2:18 pm
Dropped broken Nobl hub/wheel off at the LBS for hub guts to be transferred to a new Onyx hub and the wheel rebuilt......hefty bill incoming
What is happening for you to destroy hub shells if you don't mind me asking...? Are you running these on your eBike...?
No they were on my Speccy Enduro and it’s now my “winter” wheel on the Curtis so the wheel is about 8 years old (carbon Nobl rim and Nobl hub). Apparently the Nobl hubs had a design issue where the hub flange cracks , I did get one done under warranty, about 4 years and 10 months into a 5 year warranty but this one is way outside that. Fortunately the expensive hub internals are Onyx so fit straight into an Onyx hub as Nobl don’t make hubs anymore.
And thanks for the update on the fox dampers as I was umming and ahhing over an SL or full fat 36 for the Curtis and I’ll be going full fat now. (Replacing the DT Swiss fork that I put on it 5 years ago).
Ah fair enough. Yeah built some Nobl's years ago for someone, realised they were just Onyx internals then.
If you're buying a new fork, then I'd probably just go with a 25 model Fox 36 with GRIP2 damper to be honest... Merlin have them at the silly price of £449! Put it this way... Sprung were quick to point out that great as the GRIP X2 damper is, it's maybe 2% better than the GRIP2... It has more adjustment and is easier to tune in out of the box, but a custom tune on a GRIP2 can be every bit as good. Either is an enormous improvement over a stock GRIP damper is the main point... Had I been buying a new fork, I'd have just bought a cheap 25 GRIP2 38 I think, but as my new bike came fitted with a 38 Performance with GRIP damper, I only needed the damper upgrade (and the fork stripping/servicing/honing from new) so went that route...
Haven't heard too much about the GRIP X in the 36 SL to be honest, other than initial criticisms that whilst better than the old FIT4, it wasn't as good as the GRIP2... But then it does have a lockout feature, which some people still want...
