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Unfortunately most bikes these days are only coming with a sidestand, so not so easy to do that. The 961 isn't particularly light either so I would hazard a guess that it's not a common occurrence on these and many other spoked wheel bikes. Even if it were easy to do you would not be able to detect a hairline crack in the hub as the tension would be maintained until it failed completely. As [USER=9688]@City Garage[/USER] said careful visual inspection is the only real answer, but to be honest the thoughts of sinking another $150 only to find I need to spend another $$$$? (if I can get one) to rectify it when I find the hub is defective is not appealing in the current climate.

[QUOTE="cliffa, post: 607639, member: 5069"] Unfortunately most bikes these days are only coming with a sidestand, so not so easy to do that. The 961 isn't particularly light either so I would hazard a guess that it's not a common occurrence on these and many other spoked wheel bikes. Even if it were easy to do you would not be able to detect a hairline crack in the hub as the tension would be maintained until it failed completely. As [USER=9688]@City Garage[/USER] said careful visual inspection is the only real answer, but to be honest the thoughts of sinking another $150 only to find I need to spend another $$$$? (if I can get one) to rectify it when I find the hub is defective is not appealing in the current climate. [/QUOTE]

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