Best DH Hubs

[jonKranked]

Loud is good, when there are trails and area always have hikers.

in the case of hadleys, loud means "needs lubrication"

If I had gobs of money....

http://www.trueprecision.net/Merchan...egory_Code=MTB

That would be great on something like a silencer...no sound at all. w00dy has one on his single speed FQ and it's pretty neat.

I've seen those once or twice before - how exactly does their engagement system work?

[Sandwich]

don't know for sure...it's a roller clutch, i think...not entirely unlike the unobtanium lahr CVT. he could probably explain it better than I ever could, but it's dead silent and INSTANT engagement...like no give in the chain before it's go time. Very cool with the belt drive he was/is running as there's no lash whatsoever. He had it on a chained hardtail before and it was just as good.

Just so hard to justify the cost though.

[jonKranked]

eh $70 more than msrp on King hubs. Next time I see woody I'm gonna have to try it. I may have to get a new uber-pimp hubset.

[dropmachine.com]

I have a review coming up on Kings, Hadleys, Hopes, Stealths, Industry Nine j-bend hubs, DT swiss 240s, and how they all compare. The stealths are pretty surprising, thats for sure!

[SthFRider]

I have a review coming up on Kings, Hadleys, Hopes, Stealths, Industry Nine j-bend hubs, DT swiss 240s, and how they all compare. The stealths are pretty surprising, thats for sure!

Could you post a link to the review in this thread when you get the review up?

[jonKranked]

I have a review coming up on Kings, Hadleys, Hopes, Stealths, Industry Nine j-bend hubs, DT swiss 240s, and how they all compare. The stealths are pretty surprising, thats for sure!

I am really curious to see this! Can you say what your evaluation criteria were?

[Sandwich]

color, volume, quality of the website, flange width, and eprops.

that's all we care about anyways :{

[jonKranked]

color, volume, quality of the website, flange width, and eprops.

that's all we care about anyways :{

you forgot # of shimz.

[dropmachine.com]

I figured bearing quality, weight, build quality, performance, freehub, pretty colors, cost vs value, and e-boner value


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[slowitdown]

I have a review coming up on Kings, Hadleys, Hopes, Stealths, Industry Nine j-bend hubs, DT swiss 240s, and how they all compare. The stealths are pretty surprising, thats for sure!

should be interesting.

[Hacktastic]

The Stealths run on a 1-way locking needle roller bearing. Something similar to this: http://www.mcmaster.com/#ball-and-ro...arings/=4qwaj9

[monkeyfcuker]

The Stealths run on a 1-way locking needle roller bearing. Something similar to this: http://www.mcmaster.com/#ball-and-ro...arings/=4qwaj9

That's a pretty cool concept for a rear hub, I come across the same bearings installed in the alternator pulleys of some of the diesel cars I work on. Instant engagement and silent, I'd like to try one for sure! One downer tho, when these bearings fail/run dry they don't half lock up solid!

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[dropmachine.com]

should be interesting.

I thought it was. Just a shame there are no action pics. Meh, working on that.

http://www.dropmachine.com/Reviews/h...hope-a581.html

[bikesair]

Has anyone heard of or used Chub hubs? They only make a front hub (stupid imo) but it looks very well engineered. I like their marketing strategy and I really like the 15mm/20mm interchangeable dropout. Plus they have an office in slo...

http://bythehive.com/