Monthly Archives: November 2010

Check out our latest hub offering, the Hadley MTB convertibles. These hubs use a micro pawl system that engages about every 6 degrees, the driver body is made from Titanium, the hubs are convertible to every axle type and they are made in the USA. These are one of the finest hubs we offer.

Things eased up enough that I was finally able to get the Blow Out Wheels page up and running. Check out what I had time to get listed. These deals are ready to ship right away. If you have any questions feel free to email or call me. Thank you.

I have had so many people asking for Coaster Brake hubs so I finally gave in and am now offering The Shimano Coaster Brake hub in both black and silver. I decided to make sure that when you purchase the hub from us that you get all that you need. No need to purchase any [...]

SRAM has come out with the Torpedo hubs. These hubs offer a unique solution to those that can not make up there mind, fixed or free? With a simple turn of a screw driver you can now change this hub from a free wheel to a fixed gear all while not removing the wheel. Check [...]

Deeper versus shallower rims, which should you chose? The first question you need to ask yourself is, carbon or aluminum? This is pretty easy since price typically plays a big roll in this decision (carbon typically is $1500.00 + and aluminum is $900 -). If it is aluminum then ride quality, durability and moment of [...]

Many people call me to ask which is the best lacing pattern for there wheel. Before making a recommendation the most important part of my consideration is how many spokes are being used. The stance of the cross is largely determined by the spacing of the holes in the hub flange (flange diameter can also [...]

We have recently updated the wheel building program. It now distinguishes between non disc and disc brake hubs as well as front and rear rims. This primarily impacts lacing pattern options but also affects not approved, approved and
recommended in respect to front and rear rims.
Another new wheel builder program feature is the depiction of our [...]

We started building with Stan's Alpha 340 rims about 4 moths ago and now have built several sets. These rims are the lightest alloy clincher rim we offer and to my knowledge are the lightest alloy clincher currently available. Light is not the only attribute this rims has it is also surprisingly strong. We have [...]

Our spoke calculator is now up and running. We believe it to be the easiest to use out there. Please note that you can override the selected hub or rim dimensions and simply select recalculate. If there is anything we can do to improve upon this tool please let us know by using the Feedback [...]

We launched our new website June 21st. This new site has tones of new functionality. We encourage you to poke around and let us know what we can do to make the new site even better by posting feedback (please use the feed back tab on the right side). Thank you.

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