Hub Snobbery?

I had an Ambrosio front hub fail the same way when I did an emergency stop. Didn't go over the bars but when I'd stopped I saw wheel was totalled. It was laced radially with titanium spokes (although I''m not sure that makes any difference) I wondered if it was the torque of braking that did it but then read of similar failures with the same hub so I guess that was it.

DA nuts

My second favourite nuts.

Favourites?

Edit: Oh wait...

Yeah, you got there ;)

I've seen the same on a rear mack hub.

Well this is rather disquieting given the high cost of purchase. Did you not make representations to the manufacturer @danstuff?

Hmmm, not sure. It was a few years ago. Probably not, I suspect.

Managed to find the hub on the Shelf of Shame and Glory. Failure mode is fairly clear.

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I quite like the look of these, whilst on the topic of splined track hubs

People on here had problems with those too 'back in the day'.

Well that is undeniably b0rked. Spoke count does look low!

Hat tip to poster in Singletrack for this striking image

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20h front hub. Works on all my other wheels, particularly with a Kinlin XR31T rim. If there had been more spoke holes I imagine it would have failed even sooner. Tear along the dotted line...

A shout here for Ambrosio hubs. I had a set of fixed wheels made for the road on which I commuted on for 10 years. When I sold the bike, apart from some rust in the axle nuts, the hubs were perfect - clean and smooth running. 32 spoke LF hubs on Mavic Open Pro Rims.

XR31T is indeed specified for the build on order @cycleclinic — 24 nr. CX-Ray spokes. The new rear is to partner a front wheel previously built by Malcolm on a DA road hub, oddly with 18 spokes. Shimano pre-built wheels usually have 16 spokes I think? Well mine do anyway.

Good effort.

Lightweight 28h low flange hub options with sealed bearings that'll take a standard (EAI) cog?

Bit put off by the Mack's after seeing the failure posted earlier. Surly looks good for the money but doesn't come in 28h AFAIK. Phil's look to be twice the weight of the Mack.

I've always been happy with Zenith for weight and quality but I'd like something that vaguely matches a road hub on the front.

Raketa look interesting but I have no personal experience.

They do look nice, preload is a cool feature, probably a bit out of my price range though.

Novatech have a low flange option but I can't find a stockist with them in 28h and they a bit cheap.

Shame Paul WORD hubs are only available in 135, they look bang on.

Anyone tried Ridea hubs?

I was about to give them a try but changed my mind after looking at the dimensions.
It is most likely not really an issue but the centre to flange on the Ridea rear hub is about 28 mm, which is 3 mm less than the Halo/Zenith track hub and 4 mm less than the DT Swiss track hub.
As I said probably still fine but why bother with it if there are better options out there.

I recently talked to Zodiak Moscow over Instagram about their hubs.
They are lightweight, low flange, lots of colors and different drillings.
Wide flanges as well.
Only issue is that I couldn't find any information about how they hold up long term.
Not a lot of people seem to use these hubs.

Grand Compe low flange could be an option. 28h will be a problem though...
I have the 32h front hub and it certainly looks good and is kind of light as well.
Maybe talk to the guys at cech.bike. They are the distributor for these hubs and are based in Poland so shipping shouldn't be too expensive.

Cheers, looking on the Dia compe website they do the SF hub in 24h or 32h but not 28h. Other then the Phil i don't think there's a tried and tested low flange option in 28 so i may have to revert to HF.

Two more options:

https://alexscycle.com/collections/fixie-track-hubs/products/cycroc-small-flange-track-hub-set-limited-edition-1

http://www.velocicycle.com/rc15-road-hub-1

Goldsprint in Germany sell Veloci products. They should be able to get the hubs.

Can this just be a thread for discussing hubs now?

What's the forums opinion on Surly hubs? Looking for a rear track and a front disc hub for a fixed commuter. They will be getting 120+ miles a week in all weather. I guess being Surly they're going to be pretty solid but anything else I should consider in the price range?

I am particularly attracted to the allen bolts and flanges without any cut outs.

Guess I should add I want silver too.

imho allen key bolts on hubs aren’t great on fixed rear wheels for a number of reasons. Inconvenient as they are ... peanut butter spanners ftw.

They surly hubs are forged, so strong. Probably less prone to cracks than boutique hubs.