Vallie Components

http://valliecomponents.com/

About the guy who designed the hubs ......

I grew up mountain biking around Rossland, B.C. in the early 90s. I've since moved on to other disciplines including street BMX, track racing, touring and extreme urban utility riding. I gave up my car a few years ago, and have since ridden in cities such as Vancouver, Portland, San Fransisco, Austin, and now New York.
I firmly believe that the bicycle is not only the most efficient but also one of the most effective methods of human conveyance. There is little that cannot be done by bicycle.
I love a purpose-built bicycle, and I also love using bikes for other than their intended purposes. Some of the components and accessories I've wanted to use didn't exist for me to buy. So I'm making them.
I have a background in Electronic Engineering, but my previous job had me doing mechanical design as well. Rather than make things for an industry I don't like while dreaming about making bicycle parts, I'm going to make the parts to fuel my passion. My goal is to build simple parts that withstand daily use, and abuse. That's just how I ride.
Feel free to have a look through my Flickr stream, or email me using the contact form on this site.
Thanks,
Lyle

wow, nice. looks solid

These look bombproof!

the guys moto is

" Parts for people who break parts "

and he comes from an MTB / BMX background so I guess they will be very well engineered / strong

looks good cant see any prices though

still in the intial phases of development
first hubs are being cnc'ed currently i believe

they were at the same stage a year ago I'm afraid...
have had them bookmarked as i reckoned 6 bolt ISO was the way forward- still do.

Was posted in bike porn, then this particularly unuseful thread:
http://www.lfgss.com/thread20219.html

so pea roast.
:P

ha

merge merge merge

spoke to the guy at easts last night he sems to be closer that he was at least
these things aren't easy to get of the ground i guess
patents pending etc
i just wish him the best of luck
always nice seeing designers doing interesting stuff and putting it into production

fucking solid looking hubs.
worth the roasted peas.
was he just over on a trip then?

spoke to the guy at easts last night he sems to be closer that he was at least
these things aren't easy to get of the ground i guess
patents pending etc
i just wish him the best of luck
always nice seeing designers doing interesting stuff and putting it into production
was that lyle?

yeah
had a chat with him and his good lady wife
and dropped of my loaner bike so he has something to ride for the week

Hi guys,
I just got back from London now.
Dicki, thanks so much for lending me the bike, I think Elaine will return that to you on Weds.

About my hubs... Sadly, I dont have the finished product yet.
I've got a big order in process with my machinist, and they currently look half finished, and his CNC lathe is dead. This is killing me, as I've got many people waiting on them.. and I've missed a lot of my summer goals. I will be meeting with my machinist asap and posting an update to my website. Its hard because I'm so far in that I cannot go shopping around for a new machine shop.. so I'm sort of stuck at the moment.
As soon as I know when I can get these things out, I'll let the public know.
Sincere thanks for the interest though. Its encouraging to see that people haven't given up on me yet.
Lyle

hey lyle
hope you had a good week here in london and that the bike treated you well
best of luck with the issues, would be good to see your components making waves in the coming months / years
dicki

bump

Lyle is my local mechanic, and all around awesome dude.

Making the hubs is a huge undertaking, as he does everything himself.
From concept design, sourcing materials, CNC, finishing, and everything in between.

The ISO cogs were redesigned for 2011, early design vs. new design...

On top of the hubs, he's now making custom racks...

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has he changed the iso system to a propietry system like the level hubs?

wow seems like he is diversifying
i hope his products are selling well
has he finalised the designs for the hubs and is he selling them now ?

That is absolutely stunning!

bump

anyone bought anything from vallie yet ?

^This.

I'm in the market for new wheels for a current project...

did you buy these in the end ?