i need the best track hub.
06-23-08 | 08:59 PM
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i need the best track hub.
i work at a bike shop, and i can get a discount on a hub for a front wheel (probably ... hub laced 3x to a deep v). i intend to make a 650 for my bike to do tricks on as well as to ride in the local velodrome (ill also free up my QR front wheel in case i need an extra wheel for road racing). im looking at american classic, paul, phil, white industries front track hubs. i can get a front surly pretty cheap, but if i can get a discount id rather get a hub that will last longer than i will. what hub would be the best to build up, and if im missing any brands, please suggest. thanks
06-23-08 | 09:05 PM
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06-24-08 | 12:43 AM
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Drool how much?
Hubs like that should reserved for nicer rims than deep v's
06-24-08 | 04:34 AM
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i work at a bike shop, and i can get a discount on a hub for a front wheel (probably ... hub laced 3x to a deep v). i intend to make a 650 for my bike to do tricks on as well as to ride in the local velodrome (ill also free up my QR front wheel in case i need an extra wheel for road racing).
2) From what I can infer, it doesn't sound like you're planning on running the QR anymore, but a QR is not track legal.
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06-24-08 | 06:53 AM
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Please post pics of the finished wheels and your bike.
People post requests all the time for mucho-expensivo blingo parts then we never get to vicariously enjoy them through pictures.
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People post requests all the time for mucho-expensivo blingo parts then we never get to vicariously enjoy them through pictures.
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06-24-08 | 07:14 AM
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If you want a bling hub, I'd say go with Phil, but your really just wasting your money. Your building a "trick bike". You don't need a super high end hub for that, just something durable with lots of spoke holes. Why do you think a surly or any other budget hub won't last. Thats absurd. They are plenty durable and built to withstand street and track riding. Your going to go just as fast and do the same "tricks" no matter what hub you buy.The only thing about hubs that don't last is the bearings...and that goes for all hubs.
Get a formula. 99.9% of the time, anything else is a waste of $.
Get a formula. 99.9% of the time, anything else is a waste of $.
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06-24-08 | 07:21 AM
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Skeem, you can't ride a 650c front wheeled bike on a velodrome for any officially sanctioned races.
For the street, you want a strong hub that's not brittle, so steer clear of Zipp, Campag C-Record (aka Sherrif Star) and American Classics.
It's pretty hard to beat a Dura-Ace low flange hub for strength, weight and buttery smooth bearings.
For the street, you want a strong hub that's not brittle, so steer clear of Zipp, Campag C-Record (aka Sherrif Star) and American Classics.
It's pretty hard to beat a Dura-Ace low flange hub for strength, weight and buttery smooth bearings.
06-24-08 | 07:29 AM
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+1 ... for trickery, get something that is as disposable as possible. Unless you build it up with a BMX trick hub designed to take the abuse.
06-24-08 | 07:33 AM
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The use of Al axles instead of "brittle steel"?
The use of smooth Al mounting hardware to "not compromise the frame" or keep the wheel in place?
The "advanced manufactualing techique of cncing a hub?
i intend to make a 650 for my bike to do tricks on as well as to ride in the local velodrome
06-24-08 | 07:48 AM
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Why limit yourself to just track specific? It's a front hub.
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06-24-08 | 11:51 AM
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This is one of the weirdest posts I have seen in a while. THe OP claims to work at a shop (I don't believe it), but knows relatively little about bikes/ bike culture. I am calling troll, but I'll bite anyway.
1. Just because you work in a shop doesn't mean that everything in the bike universe is available to you at some sort of discount. Why not start by looking at what your distributors carry?
2. If the shop you are at is anything like my old shop, if the master mechanic gets wind of something like this (trying to build a fixie for use at the 'drome and also for tricks), you could be in for an earful.
3. How much do you know about doing tricks on a fixie? How much do you know about velodromes? I will admit that i know nothing about tricks, but as others have mentioned, lots of the things you are describing are not track legal.
Please go back and retitle this: "I have more money than sense, help me spend it!"
1. Just because you work in a shop doesn't mean that everything in the bike universe is available to you at some sort of discount. Why not start by looking at what your distributors carry?
2. If the shop you are at is anything like my old shop, if the master mechanic gets wind of something like this (trying to build a fixie for use at the 'drome and also for tricks), you could be in for an earful.
3. How much do you know about doing tricks on a fixie? How much do you know about velodromes? I will admit that i know nothing about tricks, but as others have mentioned, lots of the things you are describing are not track legal.
Please go back and retitle this: "I have more money than sense, help me spend it!"