Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub Review

Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub Reviews

Review score: 8.7/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £109.99 – Save 35% (RRP: £169.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub worthy of a review score of 8.7 out of 10.

Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub Review


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Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub features

Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub specs

Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other Hubs found with this Spec: 6387

Spec 2

Size: 36 Holes

Other Hubs found with this Spec: 8

Spec 3

Option: Left Hand Drive, Right Hand Drive

Other Hubs found with this Spec: 1

Feature 1

Colony Freecoaster Hub

Other Hubs found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

RHD & LHD versions

Other Hubs found with this feature: 1

Feature 3

Male Axle Only

Other Hubs found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

36 hole only

Other Hubs found with this feature: 2

Feature 5

Black only

Other Hubs found with this feature: 1

Feature 6

All spare parts will be available if needed

Other Hubs found with this feature: 1

Feature 7

Ran & tested by Cooper Brownlee since April, 2012 with issue free

Other Hubs found with this feature: 1

Feature 8

Specific designed non-drive side hub guard available as well.

Other Hubs found with this feature: 1

Feature 9

When lacing this to our Colony rims in 3 cross, use 182mm spokes on drive side and 184mm non drive side.

Other Hubs found with this feature: 1

Feature 10

Weight: 575 grams or 1.26lbs

Other Hubs found with this feature: 1

Price

£109.99

Number of Reviews

2

Review Score

5 / 5

Average score in category: 4.2/5

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Hubs. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Hubs. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Hubs. Brands like Colony are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Hubs category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Hubs.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £109.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.2 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Hubs

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Hubs.

We found 270 in the Hubs category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £49.14, making it above average at £109.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Hubs. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £349.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £0.99.

With 270 products available we worked out that 31 cost more than Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub and 238 were cheaper.

Cost of Colony products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 33 products from Colony, of which 12 were in the Hubs category.

For now though we’re looking at Colony branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £124.88 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Colony product we found was £3.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £679.99.

Of the 33 from Colony, 10 were more expensive than Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub and 22 were cheaper.

How much are Colony Hubs?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Colony products that are listed in the Hubs category.

The average price of the 12 products that match this search was £50.49, with the cheapest coming in at £3.99 and highest price was £179.99. With the average being £50.49, Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub comes in above average.

2 products that meet this search were more expensive than Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub and 9 were cheaper.


Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.9 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Hubs category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.2 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub or another similar product, like DT Swiss 240 Front Hub Converter 6-Bolt Disc reviews or Nukeproof Generator Rear Hub End Cap reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Hubs.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Hubs. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Colony, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.7/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25068874785
  • Product ID 2: 431621UK
  • Brand: Colony
  • Model number: I28-002
  • RRP: £169.99
  • EAN: 5057567185188
  • Description: Colony Clone Freecoaster HubThe Colony Freecoaster hub features a CNC machined aluminum hub shell that’s trimmed down to reduce weight, laser-etched Colony logo, a 14mm hollow chromoly axle, and proven KHE internals for reliability.The driver uses an angular contact bearing (ACB) for additional side load support and includes 3 slack adjustment washers to help dial in your preferred freecoaster slack.Features: Colony Freecoaster HubRHD & LHD versionsMale Axle Only36 hole onlyBlack onlyAll spare parts will be available if neededRan & tested by Cooper Brownlee since April, 2012 with issue freeSpecific designed non-drive side hub guard available as well.When lacing this to our Colony rims in 3 cross, use 182mm spokes on drive side and 184mm non drive side.Weight: 575 grams or 1.26lbsBuy¬†Colony Wheels & Tyres from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Wheels & Tyres > Hubs
  • Savings percentage from RRP: 35%
  • Size: 36 Holes
  • Unisex
  • 60
  • Adult

Other options for Hubs

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Hubs. 270 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Colony Clone Freecoaster Hub included,
DT Swiss Freehub Body reviews, Hope 7sp Spacer reviews, or we really liked the look of DT Swiss Freehub Kit Sram XX1 reviews as another alternative.

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