Tensile hubs - new lightweight cheap eastern express hubs

Respect for poo pooing the critics and going for the fixed touring thing BTW

Wheels built on those Tensile hubs, built up easy no drama. Roll really nicely! Bit of seal drag (would be worse with a hope with 4 rows of bearings lol) to be expected with sealed cartridge bearings.
Built on mavic mach 2 cd 2, so not exactly a light rim and with plain gauge spokes (because of they were free), they'll be a decent solid winter training wheel set.

Any pics? Quite interested in these. Seems like you can get them directly from the Tensile website.

Do you have any updates on these ?

Looks like they're also sold as Circus Monkey, which are now out of stock in the drilling I want.

Sorry to bump this but I thought I'd let you know that we do take notice of postings like this. The Tensile Fixed Hubs are now available as Double Fixed inc. two lockrings. We've also introduced it as a 28 hole as well as 32 and added a second colour, Red Anodised. Best of all still the same great price. All available at http://www.tensile.net
Just to correct a few statements, Tensile is nothing to do with Onza, but is a separate entity in its own right. Also the hubs are not made by KT, Joy Tech or any of the usual suspects and they are made in Taiwan, not China. We have close ties with our hub manufacturers in Taiwan and do work on designs ourselves. We have taken on board the comments about sealing and are working on those as well.
Mike Poyzer
Tensile Optimum Design

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Do you have weights for them? Also is it possible to buy just a rear?

Weights:- Bare hubs (No bolts lockrings or sprockets)
Rear is 179 grams Front is 142 grams.
Yes, they are available singly front or rear and in pairs. Slightly cheaper as a pair.

Pair of these I used for Emma's Pompino SSCX bike still seem fine. Built up February 2014 according to my previous post.

179g is exceptionally light for a rear track hub, even without bolts. Mack quotes 245g for a double fixed rear hub, albeit with bolts. American Classic is 180, assume that's without bolts.

I'll weight my Novatec BDW without bolts when I get home and see if it's worth the £/g

You worried me then so I just double checked- Its correct 178.8 grams.

My modified Novatec is 212g without bolts and lock ring, 231g including bolts and one bling ring. 56g of that is the 138mm steel axle, so you could probably tune a Novatec down to 180g bare with an aluminium axle

Sorry to bump this...

No apologies necessary: I think it speaks well of the brand, that you've taken the time to sign-up and "talk" to your end-users.

What are your thoughts on the OP comments, about the the cap not fully covering the bearing and the amount of protection against UK weather that provides?

It's a <180g hub, if you buy it you can't expect to use it for daily riding.

Tstr, what mods?

Tstr, what mods?

Shortened and tapped axles, lighter lock nuts, SKF E2 bearings which are probably a smidge heavier than rubber sealed ones. Details and pix will be in my 464 thread when I get around to it.

Water ingression into sealed hubs is a thorny problem which has taxed many brains and there is still no ultimate solution. We have tested slightly larger diameter caps with no noticeable difference. The problem is the width of the gap as dictated by the small lip at the bottom which presses against the inner bearing ring. We have tried reducing that but then there is the problem of production tolerances, which spill over into all the tolerances. The seat of the bearing for instance. Decreased tolerances always means increased price so we are constantly optimising all the parameters. As somebody said, an 'o' ring or sealing washer is another solution but that immediately increases drag, so you compromise again. The quality of the bearings is a factor, but we use NBK bearings which appear to be the best that Taiwan produce. Changing to Japanese bearings would double the price without, according to our tests, vastly increasing the lifespan.
We always try to achieve 'optimum design' and will continue to do so. Any suggestions are therefore always welcome.

Thanks!

Sorry for dragging up an old thread but anyone know if the wheels they sell are any good? Tensile hubs, Araya rims and stainless steel spokes. No weight given and the spikes makes me slightly concerned but seems like a good price non the less.
http://www.tensile.net/araya-abyss-on-tensile-fixie-wheels.html

2 years on these are still as new. Used indoors a bit and the rest skating around on dry days.
Bought another set of 32 ages back before thru launched 28h, wish I'd known, will prob get a set of them and build them into something more Street

Plain gauge spokes aren't a good thing, but the hubs are decent enough.

For the money, they're pretty much what I'd expect.

Ps If you're after the white rimmed version, I've got a Condor branded wheelset using Miche Primato HF hubs I have no use for.

Anyone know the bearing size(s) for these?

edit: The rears are 6000.