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Old 07-18-12, 01:55 PM
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The best track hubs I've ever used (or seen for that matter):


http://www.zipp.com/technologies/hub/track-hubs.php

One great feature of these, besides being awesome and beautiful and awesome, is that you can remove the axle when packing the wheels for travel! Most (if not all) cycling wheel cases/bags are made for road wheels and they expect you to remove the axles. Well, most track hubs do not have removable axles. But these do. Just take off the nut, grip nut, and spacer then pop the axle with a rubber mallet (or heel of your sneaker) and the axle pops out the other side.

Unfortunately, for me, the spoke counts aren't high enough for use on thin training wheel rims. They are designed for use on 404s and 808s, where you can make a strong wheel with low spoke counts because the spokes are much shorter and don't twist as much as long spokes will.

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