Profile Racing to make track hubs
Profile Racing is about to do something that may make the fixie crowd squeel with delight. They are giving us another hub choice to consider. And from what I can tell they are going to be the same, durable, high quality product that anyone who knows the brand will expect. If you don't know the brand think on the level of Chris King or Phill Wood. These hubs will be tough!
Profile Racing’s legendary BMX bicycle component quality has arrived for track and fixed-gear bicycle riding enthusiasts. For those unfamiliar with fixed hubs, the rear hub doesn’t coast or freewheel, the gear or cog is fixed to the hub. Profile’s design features a fixed cog on one side and a freewheel on the other. The rider can switch from fixed gear riding to a freewheel just by turning the wheel over. Like all of our hubs, the Profile Fixed Hubs are proudly made in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA.
To say I'm excited is an understatement. The hubs will be offered in various anodized colors with a cro-mo allen bolt, QR or, for and upgrade, titanium allen bolt attachment. The only drawback is that they are missing the boat by not offering 126 mm spacing. They are only giving us 120 (track frame) or 130 (modern road bike) spacing. They may even offer 110 for the NJS freaks out there. But I think there are more riders with 126 spacing than 110.
Now to only get my hands on a set.
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Tuesday 09/18/2007 | 02:03 pm
Bradly Fletchall on Wednesday 09/19/2007 | 12:15 pm
So can you have a cog on both sides and just turn the wheel around to go from fixy to coaster or do you have to take the cog off and put it on the other side?
either way its pretty cool.
Gunnar on Wednesday 09/19/2007 | 02:13 pm
Yeah, you just flip the wheel over and you have a single-speed coasting (freewheel) bike. Flip it back and you're riding fixed again. Even better would be track threads on both sides as you can thread a freewheel on track threads safely, but it's not as smart to thread a fixed cog on a freewheel thread because there's no reverse thread lockring.
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