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Roval CL50 Rapide Disc Wheeset

by OlaNicola
Tue, Jul 13, 2021 10:35
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Morning All,

I purchased the Roval CL50 wheelset last week. I've noticed that the freehub isnt fixed and comes off. I have made sure the end caps are secured in (which i thought fixed the moving free hub), but when i put my cassette on, the free hub (with cassette attached), still slides off. 

Has anyone had this issue with these wheels?

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stuartcoupe | 3 years ago
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It is designed like this and is not a problem. The thu axel or QR holds it all together when on the bike.

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Zermattjohn replied to stuartcoupe | 3 years ago
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If that is the case, it's a little similar to Hunt wheels. So a word of warning....be careful when removing the wheel. I had a puncture, in France, and removed the wheel, while standing beside a drain. You already know exactly where one end cap ended up....not a good day.

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OnYerBike replied to Zermattjohn | 3 years ago
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Seems like a design flaw to me - there are various reasons one might want to take off a wheel and none of them mean you want things unexpectedly falling off!

Do you know why they do it - I assume it saves a tiny bit of weight and/or manufacturing cost?

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stuartcoupe replied to OnYerBike | 3 years ago
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I don't think so but I guess it's subjective. It takes a bit of a tug to get it off just like most hub adapters I have come across. It does however have the advantage of you being able to fix things on the road without tools. Last week I freed a friends freehub that was jammed with threads from a gp5000. Would have needed a few tools with a different design.
 

 

OnYerBike wrote:

Seems like a design flaw to me - there are various reasons one might want to take off a wheel and none of them mean you want things unexpectedly falling off!

Do you know why they do it - I assume it saves a tiny bit of weight and/or manufacturing cost?

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OlaNicola replied to stuartcoupe | 3 years ago
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Thanks Stuart, I thought it might be the case that the thru axel keeps it secured, but wanted to check!

I upgraded from my fulcrum wheels, and the free hub was securely attached, so just wanted to ensure the Rovals were designed this way - thanks for your reply!

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