I'm going to be building some wheels up...what's the best DH hub out there for the money? Eh?
Best DH hub?
- Thread starter Lizard0fthetrai
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anyone.....anyone at all...
I'm a big fan of Hadley hubs.
Here's a good place to get them. Balle Racing
Tried Atom Labs Trailpimps. The freehub stripped out after one summer.
Mike
Here's a good place to get them. Balle Racing
Tried Atom Labs Trailpimps. The freehub stripped out after one summer.
Mike
Money aside, get a hadley. They have a durable, solid freehub mech and they work with any thru axle. Meaning, if you spend $250-300 on a hub and get a new frame in a year that uses a different size axle, you can buy a conversion kit for $40 and be set. I'd rather have a king but they don't make them for 12mm TA, yet.
I have to agree, my Hadley has been indestructable
Hope Bulbs.
Convertable with two 5mm wrenches.
Nuff said.
Convertable with two 5mm wrenches.
Nuff said.
For Front ... maybe these Hugi (On sale @ go-ride )
Or Marz 20mm front (cheap and decent) or Phil Woodman seem to be a good price (see link above).
For Rear Hubs you cant beat the durability of a Hadley, Hope, King.
Or Marz 20mm front (cheap and decent) or Phil Woodman seem to be a good price (see link above).
For Rear Hubs you cant beat the durability of a Hadley, Hope, King.
not really contributing, but has anyone tried the stealth hubs?
http://www.trueprecision.net/c_products_mountain.html
seems like it would be pretty cool to have a silent bike, and if they perform like they say they do they should be pretty sweet.
http://www.trueprecision.net/c_products_mountain.html
seems like it would be pretty cool to have a silent bike, and if they perform like they say they do they should be pretty sweet.
Ah, c'mon, now you're just confusing the poor kid. There's no such thing as "Phil Woodman". There's Phil Wood (super-sweet product) and there's Woodman (also good stuff). As far as hubs go, it's hard to beat Phil Wood, but I'm sure the Woodman hubs ain't too shabby either.
As far as my personal experience, Atomlab rear hubs are huge steaming piles of dookie. I had one seize up on me, and it took 4 months to get a replacement from that dumbass Mike Flaherty (owner and founder of Atomlab).
I now have a Ringle`rear hub, and it's dope. Very smooth, and also super loud. If you get going fast enough, it sounds like a rice rocket. BRRRRAAAAAAPPPPP!!!!
A great hub for the $ Hope Bulbs, they are less expensive than Hadleys, and very durable.
My list of the absolute best are King, Hadley, Hugi FR in that order (that's what I would do anyways). If you can't spring for those, I would go Hope then Ringle.
Kings are sweet, just built up a set. However they are quite on the pricey side.
Kings are nothing short of complete and utter baller status. However, they don't make a thru-axel rear. However, ViolentVolante has a cute lil fix for that, if you have the balls 
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If you dont need more than 135mm spacing or 12mm TA in the rear, you can go for the HopeXC as well, dont let the name distract you, almost the same durability as the bulb.
Definetly HADLEY I ride them on my DARE, Smoothest spinning wheels you ever saw
I really wanted to try one of those, as the concept is pretty cool, but there are two problems:
A) I've talked to several people who told me the freehub mechanism liked to blow up on them when heavy torque was applied, and
B) They have been in "re-design" for years now, with no sign of them ever being actually released.
Oh, and they're boat anchors too. Supposedly the new design is lighter and can withstand a lot more torque, but it's classic vaporware. It's been 2-3 years, and every time a thread like this pops up, someone chimes in with "Oh, they're in the machine shop" or "Oh, the new bearings will be in next week" - "Should be out within a month", etc.
I have three Hadley rear hubs and other than being solid and extremely durable, their ability to swap parts it the NUMBER ONE reason I keep buying them. I have a 15mm TA, a 12mm TA, a 10mm bolt-on, and 9mm QR kits. I can switch any of these kits between either of the three hubs with two spanner wrenches in a matter of mintues. Sometimes it easier than switching tires.