Converting Bontarger '03 Race X Lite Freehub from Campy to Shimano

JD

Can anyone tell me how to convert the freehub on my '03 Bontrager Race
X Lite wheelset from Campy to Shimano?
Do I need to get a new hub and rebuild the wheel?
Is there an easier way?
Thanks
JD
jonnyd at bigfoot.com

Qui si parla Campagnolo

dynnoj-<< Can anyone tell me how to convert the freehub on my '03 Bontrager
Race
X Lite wheelset from Campy to Shimano?
Do I need to get a new hub and rebuild the wheel?
Is there an easier way? >><BR><BR>

Hopefully Mike J will respond about the wheel but the easiest way is to use a
Campagnolo cogset to match the shimano shifters. Like a 9s cogset, it will
shift with shimano just fine.

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

JD

Thanks Peter! That sounds like a great solution.
Bontrager tech support e-mailed me today and said that there is no way
to modify the '03 Campy hub and that they would not sell me a Shimano
compatable replacement so I could just rebuild the wheel.
I'll give this a try.
JD

> Hopefully Mike J will respond about the wheel but the easiest way is to use a
> Campagnolo cogset to match the shimano shifters. Like a 9s cogset, it will
> shift with shimano just fine.

Mike Jacoubowsky

> dynnoj-<< Can anyone tell me how to convert the freehub on my '03
Bontrager
> Race
> X Lite wheelset from Campy to Shimano?
> Do I need to get a new hub and rebuild the wheel?
> Is there an easier way? >><BR><BR>
>
> Hopefully Mike J will respond about the wheel but the easiest way is to
use a
> Campagnolo cogset to match the shimano shifters. Like a 9s cogset, it will
> shift with shimano just fine.

Sorry, didn't spot this thread yesterday. I believe you can swap a Campy
body onto a Race X-Lite that was originally Shimano, but not the other way
around. I'll check tomorrow.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com


"Qui si parla Campagnolo " <vecchio51@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040419085622.23303.00000017@mb-m06.aol.com...
> dynnoj-<< Can anyone tell me how to convert the freehub on my '03
Bontrager
> Race
> X Lite wheelset from Campy to Shimano?
> Do I need to get a new hub and rebuild the wheel?
> Is there an easier way? >><BR><BR>
>
> Hopefully Mike J will respond about the wheel but the easiest way is to
use a
> Campagnolo cogset to match the shimano shifters. Like a 9s cogset, it will
> shift with shimano just fine.
>
> Peter Chisholm
> Vecchio's Bicicletteria
> 1833 Pearl St.
> Boulder, CO, 80302
> (303)440-3535
> http://www.vecchios.com
> "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

Mike Jacoubowsky

> Sorry, didn't spot this thread yesterday. I believe you can swap a Campy
> body onto a Race X-Lite that was originally Shimano, but not the other way
> around. I'll check tomorrow.

Just confirmed that that is, indeed, the case. On the '04 model, you can go
either way.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

H. M. Leary

In article <qxwhc.24902$Mn6.7823@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>,
"Mike Jacoubowsky" <mikej1@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> > Sorry, didn't spot this thread yesterday. I believe you can swap a Campy
> > body onto a Race X-Lite that was originally Shimano, but not the other way
> > around. I'll check tomorrow.
>
> Just confirmed that that is, indeed, the case. On the '04 model, you can go
> either way.
>
> --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
> http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
>
>

Mike -

I have an ¹03 Race X Lite w/ Campy hub ( DT Hugi ). Its on an Œ03 Lemond Tete de
Course and the bearings are shot.

Had the hub rebuilt with new bearings fom Trek, but the ³play² problem still
exists.

I have been told that these bearings are Japanese manufacture, not Swiss.

Besides buying handbuilt wheels ( have ordered a set of Open Pros on Campy
record hubs ) what can you suggest?

MTIA

--
³Freedom Is a Light for Which Many Have Died in Darkness³

- Tomb of the unknown - American Revolution

dianne_1234

On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:55:48 GMT, "H. M. Leary"
<mikie357@forgedabit.net> wrote:

>Had the hub rebuilt with new bearings fom Trek, but the ³play² problem still
>exists.
>what can you suggest?

Send the hub to DT in Colorado -- they can install bearings so there's
no play.

Mike Jacoubowsky

> Mike -
>
> I have an ¹03 Race X Lite w/ Campy hub ( DT Hugi ). Its on an O03 Lemond
Tete de
> Course and the bearings are shot.
>
> Had the hub rebuilt with new bearings fom Trek, but the ³play² problem
still
> exists.
>
> I have been told that these bearings are Japanese manufacture, not Swiss.

Not sure why you've still got play, nor why your bearings went bad so
quickly. The DT Hugi hub Bontrager uses rarely gives us trouble. Were the
new bearings installed by a shop that's familiar with them? Did they give
you any reason why there's still play?

I should also ask how much play there is. Even the very highest quality
cartridge-bearing hubs (Phil Wood, for example), exhibit some play after a
while, which they consider normal.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com


"H. M. Leary" <mikie357@forgedabit.net> wrote in message
news:mikie357-66964F.11554721042004@news.verizon.net...
> In article <qxwhc.24902$Mn6.7823@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>,
> "Mike Jacoubowsky" <mikej1@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> > > Sorry, didn't spot this thread yesterday. I believe you can swap a
Campy
> > > body onto a Race X-Lite that was originally Shimano, but not the other
way
> > > around. I'll check tomorrow.
> >
> > Just confirmed that that is, indeed, the case. On the '04 model, you
can go
> > either way.
> >
> > --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
> > http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
> >
> >
>
> Mike -
>
> I have an ¹03 Race X Lite w/ Campy hub ( DT Hugi ). Its on an O03 Lemond
Tete de
> Course and the bearings are shot.
>
> Had the hub rebuilt with new bearings fom Trek, but the ³play² problem
still
> exists.
>
> I have been told that these bearings are Japanese manufacture, not Swiss.
>
> Besides buying handbuilt wheels ( have ordered a set of Open Pros on Campy
> record hubs ) what can you suggest?
>
> MTIA
>
> --
> ³Freedom Is a Light for Which Many Have Died in Darkness³
>
> - Tomb of the unknown - American Revolution

H. M. Leary

In article <vnae80lhdt07ano42pa7cin9j0eoh6b7q5@4ax.com>,
dianne_1234 <dianne_1234@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 15:55:48 GMT, "H. M. Leary"
> <mikie357@forgedabit.net> wrote:
>
> >Had the hub rebuilt with new bearings fom Trek, but the ³play² problem still
> >exists.
> >what can you suggest?
>
> Send the hub to DT in Colorado -- they can install bearings so there's
> no play.

This is what we ( my mechanic, who is DT Hugi certified ) are trying to do.
Some one at Hugi says that the Japanese manufactured bearings that Trek uses
have excessive play.

We are trying to get Swiss bearings. Don¹t know what else to do but get Campy or
Phil Wood hubs and build a new set of wheels.

Thanks to Mike J and Dianne.

HAND

--
³Freedom Is a Light for Which Many Have Died in Darkness³

- Tomb of the unknown - American Revolution

Qui si parla Campagnolo

mikie-<< We are trying to get Swiss bearings. Don1t know what else to do but
get Campy or
Phil Wood hubs and build a new set of wheels. >><BR><BR>

Good choice as are 7700 hubs...These aftermarket hubs leaves me wondering what
ya get for your $$.

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

Mike Jacoubowsky/Chain Reaction Bicycles

> mikie-<< We are trying to get Swiss bearings. Don1t know what else to do
but
> get Campy or
> Phil Wood hubs and build a new set of wheels. >><BR><BR>
>
> Good choice as are 7700 hubs...These aftermarket hubs leaves me wondering
what
> ya get for your $$.

Peter: It's all about the sound! C'mon, some guy with a Chris King hub
coasts for even a moment and that "SOB" (Swarm of Bees) sound announces to
one-and-all that he's got class! Let's face it, the sounds that come from a
DuraAce hub are simply... boring. Nobody's going to download that sound as
a ringtone. Hmm... I could start a whole new business, selling ringtones
that are from bicycles. "Criterium Peloton." "Campy rear derailleur."
"Ergo shift." "Chris King beehive." "Squeaky brake" (for that person you
don't want to talk to).

Wow. This could actually be a cool thing.

--Mike--
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com


"Qui si parla Campagnolo " <vecchio51@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040422104805.08524.00000126@mb-m02.aol.com...
> mikie-<< We are trying to get Swiss bearings. Don1t know what else to do
but
> get Campy or
> Phil Wood hubs and build a new set of wheels. >><BR><BR>
>
> Good choice as are 7700 hubs...These aftermarket hubs leaves me wondering
what
> ya get for your $$.
>
> Peter Chisholm
> Vecchio's Bicicletteria
> 1833 Pearl St.
> Boulder, CO, 80302
> (303)440-3535
> http://www.vecchios.com
> "Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"