New halo track hubs...

Just popped into bicycle repair shop on the cut and saw these halo track hubs, flippy floppy. In the hand quite nice...
32h...£85

linky...
http://www.halorims.com/HaloNew/hotproducts.html

picky...(taken on my phone)

I was there this morning too - they look nice!
I was told £40 for front £45 for rear.

= 85.... yeah sorry for the pair.

i heart the bicycle repair shop

From the Halo website

Available in Black or White. Front 32H. Rear 32H Fixed/Fixed or Fixed/Free.
Front rrp£37.50. Rear rrp£39.99

Add p&p and you're better off going to the shop.

I think the price they offer is really good and fair.

how about these wheels!

dont look too bad AND ur mum will be happy that ur wearing ur hi-viz

http://www.curtisbikes.co.uk/idblogs/uploaded_images/whha-track-c+10807-10-768974.jpg

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Halo-track-fixed-single-speed-hubs-white-or-black_W0QQitemZ370056576190QQihZ024QQcategoryZ58089QQcmdZViewItem

I agree. good price at the store. they look saweet.
They seem impressive too.
tempting....

Hmm, I wonder if they're better than Goldtecs.

Cheaper, though.

Hmm, I wonder if they're better than Goldtecs.

Cheaper, though.

doubt it!

Goldtecs don't seem to get a mention much here anymore... could just be me though.

I love mine. Front wheel seems to spin forever now the bearings are worn in :)

they are hard to get and come in pewter/black, thats why. also people who are tempted to spend the ££'s will go all the way with phils. tempted to caustic soda and polish up some pewter ones and see how they look. currently £110 pair at freshtripe ;)

I was in there about 5 mins before/after you on way home from work. The hub he showed me had some powdercoat flaking off it on one side and the finishing on the threads looked rough with bits of swarf visible. They spun very nicely though.

they look like the usual cheapo hubs powder coated.
would rather forgo slavery and have a solid reliable emancipated pair of british goldtecs

nobody sais nothing about goltechs coz there's never a problem with em and i forgot i was rolling on em till today.

goldtec, do have the slightly wider chainline, which puts some people off as well. but i've had to sets (plus another absolutely abused rear that still ran fine) and both were great

they look like the usual cheapo hubs powder coated.
would rather forgo slavery and have a solid reliable emancipated pair of british goldtecs

+1

they are hard to get and come in pewter/black, thats why. also people who are tempted to spend the ££'s will go all the way with phils. tempted to caustic soda and polish up some pewter ones and see how they look. currently £110 pair at freshtripe ;)

Stripping anno off using caustic soda is a LOT trickier than you would imagine.

It comes off patchy, and it reacts strongly with the aluminium leaving you with messy inky dark metal.

Ive tried with simply pieces like crank arms,

with hubs there will be many inaccessable parts like the holes, itll irratate you to no end.

I've had a fair bit of halo mtb stuff in the past.

it's cheap, and doesn't last very long if you use it hard. (apart from some of the rims) the gear usually looks ok though.

those hubs look cheaply made, awful threads. typicallly, halo have seen the market for powdercoated track hubs and jumped in.

at £85 odd you are basically paying double for a pair of SJS/On-One/formula..et al.

I can't believe people are saying they "look nice" !

they look very badly made, the axle, tracknuts and backnuts look terrible, that real soft shit. and the threading is an insult to any sprocket.

a small price to pay for slavery I suppose, but when everyone's got coloured hubs and they appear on langster city editions, will it even be slave any more?

those hubs look cheaply made, awful threads. typicallly, halo have seen the market for powdercoated track hubs and jumped in.

at £85 odd you are basically paying double for a pair of SJS/On-One/formula..et al.

+1

For this price, you could get a pair of on-ones, get them powdercoated at armourtex, and still have change to buy a pair of decent tracknuts.

Sorry to bring back this thread but I was wondering, do these hubs actually use sealed cartridge bearings? I've looked at the spec etc and it says they have sealed bearings, but my existing wheels also say they have sealed bearings, which turned out to be cup and cone with a bit of rubber over it...

Phil

Just popped into bicycle repair shop on the cut and saw these halo track hubs, flippy floppy. In the hand quite nice...
32h...£85

linky...
http://www.halorims.com/HaloNew/hotproducts.html

picky...(taken on my phone)

Left thread looks fucked.

Anyone know how you go about changing the axle's in halo hubs? I've got a 130 conversion axel but it didn't come with any instructions and I'm scared of fucking it. How do you get the bearings out?? Will the axel just come out once I've got the bearings out??

formula/zenith hubs are just as good and half the price

i think they are nice hubs, built a couple sets. lot more solid than formula/zenith.