Just now caught this... Thanks for the shout out Douglas. And thanks for the first hand review. Pulled the trigger for a custom wheel with this hub. Was all the info I was looking for. Thanks again!
I've ridden coasters from the 80's, (When it with a brake), Odyssey, Khe, Tufneck rollacoaster, and now a Colony Swarm. So I'm pretty familiar with them. On all of them you have to adapt a bit. Usually if you catch, (Planetary included), it's due to too much weight on your front foot. My favourite was the Tufneck rollacoaster but it wore out drive rings too fast and you would start having issues. When it was new the forward engagement was MUCH more like a cassette/freewheel , better than anything else including planetary. Catching on 180's can always happen but it is less likely on planetary. The fear of landing on a coaster brake teaches you to land in the sweet spot and I could land fakie over boxes, off stairs, etc no problem just got sick of breaking or wearing out them, otherwise I'd still be on one!
The new 1.5 clutch from Alienation is pretty good! It tightens up the slack even more! It is also compatible with all the hubs. I have it in my BSD and it feels fantastic!
I’ve had my revolution hub for about a year, with a pretty good experience, I loved it, as i like the pedal pressure and hardly any slack, but it would engage randomly in fakies, I’ve tightened everything right, even if I spun the wheel with my hand, it would coast good then randomly engage every 5 or so spins, now I’m back on a cassette but swap back regularly to the coaster
Both my riding buddies bought that hub and loved it. Both hubs broke in six months. Meanwhile my Clutch works like it should after three years and no maintwnance.
Don’t know weather to get the revolution or the odessey quadrant v2 🤷🏼♂️ does anyone know if with the quadrant you can remove enough slack so that it’s like the revolution or is that not an option ?
