Steelwool Hubs
04-27-08, 11:26 AM
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Steelwool Hubs
Does anyone have any experience with these? I just won a pair yesterday and they look freakin' DOPE. thinking of lacing them to some black open pros... or maybe some DTs. Any suggestions?
mine:
Linky: https://www.steelwoolbicycles.ca/parts.php
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Linky: https://www.steelwoolbicycles.ca/parts.php
04-27-08, 11:29 AM
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Does anyone have any experience with these? I just won a pair yesterday and they look freakin' DOPE. thinking of lacing them to some black open pros... or maybe some DTs. Any suggestions?
mine:
Linky: https://www.steelwoolbicycles.ca/parts.php
mine:
Linky: https://www.steelwoolbicycles.ca/parts.php
Poor photography aside, I think they look like nice hubs, black rims would be nice. I would go OP, or maybe some velocity aeroheads, I think those rims look way nice.
04-27-08, 11:48 AM
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I'd like to see better pictures, and know a bit more about them. To say the steelwool website is sparse would be an understatement. Are they sealed bearing? Anybody know what they retail for, I couldnt find them anywhere. Most of the other steelwool stuff looks like rebranded track bits, the cranks look like the alien bikes/IRO ones. Anybody have info on em?
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The shop I worked at sells Steelwool stuff, the hubs are pretty nice. They have sealed bearings, retail price on the rear hub if I remember correctly was about $100 CAD for the rear and $85 for the front.
Not too sure about the new '08 cranks, they changed up their bikes and parts a lot this year.
Not too sure about the new '08 cranks, they changed up their bikes and parts a lot this year.
04-27-08, 12:56 PM
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The shop I worked at sells Steelwool stuff, the hubs are pretty nice. They have sealed bearings, retail price on the rear hub if I remember correctly was about $100 CAD for the rear and $85 for the front.
Not too sure about the new '08 cranks, they changed up their bikes and parts a lot this year.
Not too sure about the new '08 cranks, they changed up their bikes and parts a lot this year.
04-27-08, 12:57 PM
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04-27-08, 01:09 PM
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Got my camera figured out and took some new pics.
I showed them to my roomate and she said: "Woah, Pimp Hubs!"
I showed them to my roomate and she said: "Woah, Pimp Hubs!"
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i like them. very '70s.
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Yeah, don't quote me on them but i believe the price is 79$ for a rear and ~65$ for a front. they come in a few colors 36H only, ill be rocking one for my new rear wheel,
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Hey I was at that alley cat race too, but we got DFL my friend and I 
The Steelwool cogs are nice though haha
The Steelwool cogs are nice though haha
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Yeah, I'd go with black. I wonder if your front wheel can be laced radial with these hubs. I haven't found any info on the Steelwool website. Then again, I do lack in my information gathering skills.
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I don't know if I could get myself to pay $150 to $175 for a pair of those. The hardware looks a lot like the dimension stuff too.
Sweet that you won them. Winning hubs is always a double edged sword though. You just got something for free that would have cost you a bunch of money, but they are completely useless until you put a bunch more money into it. I always liked the idea of including free labor to build them with any hub prize. But it's hard to get shops to give away free labor.
Sweet that you won them. Winning hubs is always a double edged sword though. You just got something for free that would have cost you a bunch of money, but they are completely useless until you put a bunch more money into it. I always liked the idea of including free labor to build them with any hub prize. But it's hard to get shops to give away free labor.
04-27-08, 11:58 PM
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On this website, the LE gold are $144 a pair while the regular pewter finish is sold separately and is cheaper
https://www.talltreecycles.ca/parts/hubs
https://www.talltreecycles.ca/parts/hubs