Bobby from Blackout, who distribute Tree exclusively in the US, hit me up about Tree’s new front hub. Photos and a ton of info about this thing after the jump.
-Black
-Weight- 235g/ 8.4oz
-Removable and replaceable high strength nylon plastic hub guard that protects the spokes and greatly increases the life of the spokes when used by hardcore street riders. The hub will come with one guard but extra guards can be purchased separately. (this beast goes right on the hub with a C clip that you can take off with pretty much anything. I used a flat head screw driver for mine. You could prolly use a good prison shank too if you had one of those laying around. Either way it’s a hub guard that actually works!)
-Female 17mm 7075 t6 aluminum axle.
-Straight pull spoke design, creating one of the strongest and stiffest wheels in BMX. (by using a straight pull spoke over the conventional spoke, you lose the flex that can happen at the curved point right by the head on a normal spoke)
-Very easy to lace the wheel, just push the spoke into the hub and the spoke goes right to the corresponding hole in the rim.
-Spokes will be available through Tree Bicycle Co/Blackout. They cost the same as other spokes. (they are called the “Tree Twigs and Berries”)
-Unique thread design that prevents cross threading the axle. The bolts thread directly into the aluminum axle. Our tests have shown that the aluminum threads are very strong so that under high torque the bolt will pull apart before the threads strip out. (this is crazy how it works. At interbike last year I tried every possible way to get the bolt to cross thread into the axle. That son-bitch in a way “self centers” in the threads and goes right in. works damn good)
-Very special bearing system that allows no looseness in the hub while at the same time allowing no resistance to rolling from side loads. The bolts can be tightened as tight as you want and it will never make the wheel roll slower. (one of my shop guys has the front and rear (different email) and he said that these wheels were the best wheels he has ever ridden. “I haven’t ever been able to tell a difference in a brand new wheelset until these wheels. They roll forevvvver.”)
-The spokes are laced 5 cross. We chose 5 cross because it made it possible to assemble the wheel and it has the same strength of a 4 cross which is the strongest lacing pattern for a 36 hole wheel. This design only looses an effective “flange” diameter of 1/32″ or .5mm, which is very minuscule to the benefits of straight pull spokes.
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