American Classic Hubs

[sevencyclist]

Does anyone have experience with American Classic road hubs? How do they compare to Campy or DT Swiss 240?

I love the shiny silver of Phil Wood, but understand they are not Campy compatible. Thanks.

[stevep]

ac hubs are not in the class w/ dt, campy or shimano hubs.

[Chad Engle]

get them because the are the sweetest hubs on earth. :cool:

[dirtdigger88]

well . . . THAT settles THAT!!!

Jason

[dbrk]

I routinely use Shimano and Campagnolo 10 speed wheels using both current shifting systems and detect no loss of performance. This is a real world assessment, not based on numbers or what the manuals or company propaganda tells you. Is your mechanic up to it? That's my only question.

dbrk

[zap]

Plenty of AC experience.

Front AC hub is nice.

The AC rear hub on the other hand does not compare to Campy or DT or several other rear hubs.

[weiwentg]

they are very light, but the bearings are quite small, and may or may not be sufficiently durable. I had a rear hub completely fail on me, the bearings seized up. the front hub on the set is OK - you can feel some roughness in the bearings, but it's still perfectly usable. the set had some exposure to rain. if you want AC hubs, try to keep them dry, I guess. the weight is hard to beat, but I would have to say that they don't compare in quality to Campy's finest.

[catulle]

I have a set of wheels with AC hubs. My other wheels have Record hubs. I'd never buy AC hubs again. I don't like them. I think they are way below Record in quality. The AC skewers are outright bad; the rear one almost gets me killed. The more stuff I try, the more I'm convinced to stick to what I've used forever: CAMPAGNOLO. If it works, don't fix it...!

[ericspin]

If you are a Campy guy check out the White Ind. hubs. Shiny silver like Phil. I have them on my Kirk and I love 'em.

[Fixed]

ac hubs are not in the class w/ dt, campy or shimano hubs.
what he said
if you only care about weight get them
if you want a hub you don't have to check every ride don't get them
and i ride with shook every week
cheers


wild bill goes gah-gah over c.k. hubs
i think he likes the sound