On-one hubs £15 - are they any good?

I am looking for some hubs and see On-One are selling their own branded hubs off at 15quid a pop. this seems too cheap to me, are they any good? or is it going to be a case of....*buy cheap - buy twice? *

They are fine for 90% (probably more like 99%) of the people out there.

You'll have to buy twice anyway, one up front and one up back.

i'm in the other 1% of people out there, and they are fine for me as well.

why are they so cheap

put me in t'other %

goldtec or die, at least for the rear. bought one in 2004, despatched till 2008, am part time again now, has always been ridden hard- still not had to replace the bearings.

Buy 'em and the worst that can happen is you waste £30, not the end of the world.

Buy 'em and the worst that can happen is you waste £30, not the end of the world.

once you've got them laced onto a half decent rim and built you're talking twice to three times that h'actually.

http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/fixed-hubs.html

are they manufactured in taiwan? at the same factory that makes formula/iro/system x?
then on-one may have got a similar deal?
perhaps you could call and find out. and then post the information up for us.

what are goldtec retailing at tho? theyre quite expensive aren't they not.

^ Yeah, cos they're well good.

http://sheldonbrown.com/harris/fixed-hubs.html

are they manufactured in taiwan? at the same factory that makes formula/iro/system x?
then on-one may have got a similar deal?
perhaps you could call and find out. and then post the information up for us.

will do i'm...On-It

put me in t'other %

goldtec or die, at least for the rear. bought one in 2004, despatched till 2008, am part time again now, has always been ridden hard- still not had to replace the bearings.

yeah, maybe goldtech 2004... but in the last year their "bomb proof" reputation has been tarnished due to hubs cracking - now who's to know whether a recently-bought hub is one from a bad batch.

on-one periodically sell their hubs at this stoopid price.. buy now and enjoy a good budget wheel if you get the chance, even if it's just for a spare rear wheel. like horatio said, suitable for most people's needs and by no means the worst option. as far as i'm concerned £15 rear on-one hub + £20 open sport rim + £15 dc spokes = £50 of win.

The hubs are fine, they are cheap in the first place because of [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_scale"]economies of scale[/ame], and become even cheaper when On One has a silly sale.

I bought a pair and got them laced into Rigida Chrina rims (super cheap but double walled and eyeletted) and they have built up into a suprisingly strong and stiff wheel for track use at Herne Hill, for a crazy £90/pair.

Does anybody know if one one hubs have lockring threads on both sides?

why are they so cheap

Normally with bike products there is an importer & distributor who sells them to bike shops. Sometimes these are even two different companies each taking a cut.

On-one source/import things themselves then sell them direct to customer from a warehouse with minimal costs incurred.

Dont forget £15 isnt there normal price either, its a special offer.

Currently at about 18,000 miles on my bike with no servicing, through wind rain and snow. Absolute wank, I have not been able to blame being late for work once because on my hubs. They are double fixed DFP.

They're lighter than some track hubs, which suits me, and certainly a great weight/price ratio. I've still got a 2003 set of System-Ex hubs on their first set of bearings, running fine despite 1000s of miles in all kinds of weather. I'm finally retiring them to track use (an occasional thing for me, mainly during the Spring), and on the rollers indoors.

I'm building up a set of 32h On-One hubs with Ambrosio Excellight rims and CX-Ray spokes for road-fixed duties (except special occasions), and the wheelset will come in under 1700g, which is respectable for 'track wheels' e.g. currently Mavic Ellipses are over £100 more, and real weight is more than 2kg.

yeah, maybe goldtech 2004... but in the last year their "bomb proof" reputation has been tarnished due to hubs cracking - now who's to know whether a recently-bought hub is one from a bad batch.

on-one periodically sell their hubs at this stoopid price.. buy now and enjoy a good budget wheel if you get the chance, even if it's just for a spare rear wheel. like horatio said, suitable for most people's needs and by no means the worst option. as far as i'm concerned £15 rear on-one hub + £20 open sport rim + £15 dc spokes = £50 of win.

fair enough, the main issue i've had with goldtec is the supply. not that long ago their machine operator got ill and production was majorly disrupted :/

i think the formula stuff has also had reliability issues but at the price they go for it's quite forgivable.

Does anybody know if one one hubs have lockring threads on both sides?

mine came with both

those on-one hubs are fucking excellent.

proper quality back nuts too, not the shit you get on ambrosio/formula/wtf

not all cheap hubs are the same, and goldtec are overpriced and shiteola

stupid question: 32 or 36 h for a rear wheel (36 sold out). gentle riding i imagine. nothing bonkers. hoping for a quick answer so i can grab a pair.

My track wheels are 32h...

for general commuting? sorry lack of info in first post. looking to get these and rims at another time for a conversion i've got sitting in the bomb shelter.

32h will be fine* - probably more choice of rims these days too (or at least, rims that are in stock).

*regardless of rider weight