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Chris King’s New Limited Edition Colors
We’ve seen the bright and matte emerald color on the Moots from NAHBS, now here’s a look at all three limited edition colors from Chris King: matte black, matte slate and matte emerald. All three colors are available for ordering now. Limited Edition Matte Emerald is available for pre-order now and has a 40-day lead time. The last day to place an order for Matte Emerald is June 12, 2017, so holler at your local Chris King dealer today.
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Pacenti Road Hubs are Made in the USA
… by White Industries! They’re specifically designed to work with all 11spd drivetrains and build up to the highest standards. Pacenti Road Hubs are available in 20h, 24h front and 24h and 28h rear. As a special from now until April 15th, they’re available for only $325.00 per pair. See ordering information below.
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Phil Wood 45th Anniversary Hubs
To celebrate its 45th birthday, cycling component manufacturer Phil Wood just released two style of anodized hubs. Available in both road and track, but in limited numbers, these beautiful road hubs will set you back $630 and the track hubs start at $395. See the other anodized color and more information at Phil Wood.
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Industry Nine: Torch Classic Mountain Center Lock Hubs
Industry Nine makes amazing hubs. In fact they’re my favorite MTB hub on the market and many would agree that they just got better. The Asheville, NC company just announced the addition of center-lock hubs to their Torch Classic Mountain hubs. As with all i9 products, they come in a variety of colors, axle compatibilities and rear spacing perfect for matching your bike. See more information at Industry Nine.
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Hope Pro 4: Behind the Hubs
UK hub manufacturer Hope brings us in for a close look at what makes their Pro 4 hubs some of the best hubs in the world. I love videos like this, it really does make you want to support Hope products!
See more at Hope.
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Labels Out Or In?
Yesterday people got in a little debate about hub label orientation on Chris King hubs. So which way is it?
A few years ago, I asked Chris King and Jay Sycip which “way” the hub label should be facing on a King front hub. I had always heard the rider should be able to read the label and while most manufacturers agree, Chris King wanted the viewer of the bike to see his name.
One way to tell it was intentional: the cone adjustment is on the same side as the rear hub when you place the name facing out. So, technically, yes the hub is in the wrong orientation with the Stinner. Does it matter? No. Especially since the traditional way is facing in.
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Chris King Announces a Whole Lotta New Stuff for Spring 2016
The influx of Eurobike product launches has begun and while I couldn’t make it over there this year, some friends at Chris King sent over some new product launches, some slated for spring 2016 and some now available. There’s a lot of information, so I’ll just list it below. In short: thru-axle, singlespeed, centerlock, boost and the return of turquoise!
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Mash and Phil Wood
Mash has collaborated with Phil Wood three times now and while the original high flange green hubs were very, very nice these battleship gray low flange models turned out exquisite. These bombproof hubs are 32 hole, fixed / fixed and would look great on a street or a race wheelset.
Pick up a set of these killer hubs at Mash
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All-City Cycles: New Sheriff SL Track Hubs
All-City Cycles recently took their popular Sheriff track hubs and re-worked them drastically improving the functionality. All while keeping the original design language. They lightened the axles, removed material at the flanges and topped off the re-design with Japanese manufactured 6902 bearings which roll incredibly fast and smooth while retaining excellent seals for all weather, all-day everyday durability.
The result is a hubset that weighs a mere 432g,198 for the front, and 234 for the rear. This makes it one of the lightest track hubsets in the world, a figure even more impressive when you consider All-City didn’t eliminate the usefulness of a fixed / fixed or fixed / free option as most racing hubs do.
The new Sheriff SL track hubs are available in 28 and 32 hole versions, silver or black, front and rear. See more at All-City Cycles and place an order through your local shop.
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Paul Component: Limited Edition Disc RHUB
Got a fat bike? Want a thru-axle hub with an XD driver? Like American-made METALLLLLLL? Holler at the folks at Paul Component for their new limited edition disc RHUB with 197 x 12mm spacing.
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Paul Announces Three New Thru Axle Hubs
Paul has responded to your requests and today announced three new thru axle hubs for your off-road bicycle of choice. New to the Paul hub lineup is a standard FHub disc 10 x 100, Fhub disc 15 x 150 for fatbikes and their WORD thru axle hub in 12 x 142. All three are made in Chico, California and in stock now, ready to roll at Paul.
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DT Swiss’ New Track Hubs Look Great
… on this new Bedovelo, Swiss-made track frame. See more of these hubs on that bike at Bedovelo and someone tell DT Swiss they’re doing it right!
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Chris King Introduces Sour Apple Flavored Components
Is is bad that I see this and I immediately want to replace a component group from a current bike of mine? For the first time (ever?) Chris King is offering Sour Apple anodized components. Yes, that’s NoThreadSets, InSets, ISOs, R45s, BMX, Wheels, Bottom Brackets, Coffee Tampers and Accessories.
If you’re interested, place orders between September 1st, 2014 and May 1st, 2015.
Shipping begins October 1st, 2014.
See more at Chris King.
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Firefly Bicycles: Ti Road with Royce Racing Gold Hubs
Yowwwwwch! I’ve always loved those Royce Racing Gold hubs but I’ve never seen them so well documented on a bike before. These Firefly photos are oooozing with gold bokeh. See more at the Firefly Flickr!
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Chris King: ISO XD Hub for SRAM XX1
Have a set of Chris King ISO or ISO DH hubs that you want to run on your XX1 system? I know I do and up until today, there hasn’t been an option. This morning Chris King announced their new ISO XD hub for SRAM’s XX1. The best part is, there’s also a conversion kit available for existing ISO hubs…
Check out more at Chris King and see the press-release below!
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Chris King: Now Shipping Wheelsets
Chris King’s in-house wheelsets have begun rolling out the doors of their Portland facilities just in time for the holidays. This year, if you buy a cyclist anything, buy them some King! Check out the full offerings at Chris King. I have the R45 / Hed Belgium wheels on two of my bikes and I swear by them!
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Unknown: Oil Slick Track Hubs
Unknown has a pre-order going for this limited run of “oil slick” track hubs. The hubs will ship out October 21st. Get yours here!