http://www.pinkbike.com/news/2012-Profile-Elite-Hubs-First-Look.html
Profile with a 204 engagement hub, comes in gold too!
Profile with a 204 engagement hub, comes in gold too!
For Hadleys at least, I've noticed its right around the time someone figures out they don't have a website.At what point do we crossover from buzz to whine?
IIRC Moar than the Angry Bee NoiseWhats the price tag on these babies
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I understand it is product positioning but 205$ for a front hub? Ha ha!Just about right.
Profile's site lists the price on the front at $205 and the rear at $449. Not all axle configs are shown as available yet.
I would have to agree, they have been in the same performance and quality ballpark as hadley, hope, dt, ect for years. It just seems that people often forget about them as an optionprofiles are probably the most underrated hubs in mountain biking.
i've got one on my slalom/street bike too. love it. its the older style axle end caps, which were so-so (set-up was a pain, but once set they've been trouble free), but they've improved since then.I would have to agree, they have been in the same performance and quality ballpark as hadley, hope, dt, ect for years. It just seems that people often forget about them as an option
rep+For Hadleys at least, I've noticed its right around the time someone figures out they don't have a website.
95% of people who are smart run kings ( like me 8+years on my trials rig )Ive seen kings get torqued through. Scary.
Not meaning to sound like a bone-head, but how does one go about ordering a set of hadley hubs? Can you go factory-direct?Went hadley for a change and glad,love that made in america stamp
weird, the only hubs i have ever blown up were kings....a hubset everyone seems to forget about that absolutely kills it is PHIL WOOD....bombproof...i love my hadleys though....95% of people who are smart run kings ( like me 8+years on my trials rig )
they are the only hubs that dont blow up.
Norco is the Canadian distributor for Hadley. Allthough stock is quite low right now..Not meaning to sound like a bone-head, but how does one go about ordering a set of hadley hubs? Can you go factory-direct?
I love you man. King hubs are good but from the high end stuff Ive seen the same if not more of them having issues than other stuff. That probably has to do with them being more popular but still they are not as bombproof as you say.95% of people who are smart run kings ( like me 8+years on my trials rig )
they are the only hubs that dont blow up.
Everything else blows,specialy hopes.
Tl;dr? 100% horsesh*t. Ive personally witnessed kings (yes, plural) blow up. Ring drive suffered massive failure as a result of torque through. Obviously this was under extreme circumstances, but theyre not infallible. Great hubs dont get me wrong, but to say they will never fail is a load of hogwash.they are the only hubs that dont blow up.
$205 for a front hub that has the logo backwards. Fantastic quality control.I understand it is product positioning but 205$ for a front hub? Ha ha!
The rear looks nice though. I think dirt mentioned their weight and it was pretty competitive. If only the price wasnt UCI certified crazy.
95% of this is the most retarded **** I have ever heard regarding hubs.95% of people who are smart run kings ( like me 8+years on my trials rig )
they are the only hubs that dont blow up.
Everything else blows,specialy hopes.
For the price of the profile ( wich has blown up too ) get yourself a king,you only need 72.
Anything more is for posers who wana sound cool cause they cant go down the hill fast enough to make a buzzin racket with 72 allready
king or hadley,I rock both on both bikes.
Went hadley for a change and glad,love that made in america stamp
95% of this is the most retarded **** I have ever heard regarding hubs.
norbar,nothing puts torque on a frewheel like real trials use,not your one two pedal quick.
King is the only hub that wont blow up.
Ask anyone who is a serious trials rider.They will tell you that.
The syndicate runs full king products,cause they make the best product they make period.
You dont even know that the king runs on its own design like a cars trans unlike all other hub makers with pawls that blow up always.
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I have multiple friends who have broken the white industries ENO TRIALS freewheel ( specialy designed for the use and the best freewheel money can buy for a FFW ( front freewheel set-up )
Its either FFW ( wich is cheaper then running a king in the end ) or running a king and have it for years like mine and others people have records of king checking vins on shells with 15 years + on it and riding trials strong.
and ya im sure kings can break but its so rare man,you rarely ever hear it,and if it does king backs in,yull generaly see it posted seing the trials scene being such a small world.
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norbar
You clearly are the one who doesn't know anything.
peace the flip out