Jul 14
First there was only the Paul Whub to chose from for my wide forks. Now Phil Wood is also making a 135mm front hub with wide and equal flange spacing.
It has very large flanges, 84.5mm.
Wheel strength and stiffness is greatly improved with the wide and equal flange spacing. I don’t think I will ever taco a wheel again like I sometimes would with a normal 100mm hub that has narrow and unequal flange spacing.
I hope this catches on. It’s nice being able to use such light spokes, nipples and rims but still end up with an incredibly strong wheel.
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July 16th, 2009 at 2:15 am
thats a mighty flange!
July 25th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Phil has made a very nice job there! What is the flange distance of the hub?
July 26th, 2009 at 10:24 am
The Phil hub is 36mm from the center to flange, 72mm flange to flange. The Paul hub is 10mm wider at the flanges with a measurement of 41mm from center to flange, 82mm flange to flange. Since the Paul hub is wider it should build up a slight stronger wheel.