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Gold 135mm Fix/Free Hubs anywhere?

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Old 12-25-09 | 10:05 PM
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Gold 135mm Fix/Free Hubs anywhere?

Hokay I know I might get slammed for the focus on style, but I've been looking all over everywhere for a 135mm Fixed/Free hub, but here's the clincher, I'm crazy stuck on having it gold. I've already bought White Deep V rims from Velocity and black spokes, I just can't figure out a hub, I ride an iridescent orange Masi Special Commuter fixed but in case I pick up another bike later that I would rather want as my solo fixed I want to be able to convert this bike to SS for bar bikes and whatnot. I was looking at Phil Wood and would be able to sacrifice the gold for black with a product of that quality I am still just having a hard time figuring out what to do about my 135mm spacing while wanting essentially a track hub. Any help would be more than appreciated, thanks so much!
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Old 12-25-09 | 11:58 PM
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Get a single speed mountain hub and run a tomicog on the disc side. Lots of obscene colors in the mtb world.
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Old 12-26-09 | 01:08 AM
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You could get a Formula/Miche/Dimension/Origin8 hub in gold,and they sell spacer kits to make it fit.
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Get a single speed mountain hub and run a tomicog on the disc side. Lots of obscene colors in the mtb world.
Yup, FR/DJ is the MTB equivalent of FG/SS when it comes to colors.
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Old 12-26-09 | 03:59 AM
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I appreciate the help! I'm not sure whether I want to go with an MTB hub as far as weight goes, also just don't really know much about this approach and will definitely look into it (obviously I'm not a velodrome addict and gram counting but still..) If I were to buy a track hub and use spacers would it affect my torque or would I lose any power if spaced properly? I've heard this has a negative affect on the life of the chain as well, or does it all just depend on whether the mechanic is solid enough to make it work?
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Old 12-26-09 | 04:20 AM
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properly spaced there will be no problems. You can always play with dish if you need to.
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Old 12-26-09 | 09:10 AM
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The only thing affecting your torque will be your legs.

And all the chain cares about is chainline and chain tension. The chain does not know or care how it happens to be where it is.

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I appreciate the help! I'm not sure whether I want to go with an MTB hub as far as weight goes, also just don't really know much about this approach and will definitely look into it (obviously I'm not a velodrome addict and gram counting but still..) If I were to buy a track hub and use spacers would it affect my torque or would I lose any power if spaced properly? I've heard this has a negative affect on the life of the chain as well, or does it all just depend on whether the mechanic is solid enough to make it work?
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