Tree Front Hub

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This is Tree's new front hub. It's been in the works for quite a while and here are some of the features on it:

-weight is 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.
-Female 17mm 7075 t6 aluminum axle.
-Straight pull spokes design, creating one of the strongest and stiffest wheels in BMX.
-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. they cost the same as other spokes. They will be available in black, white, and stainless also in straight gauge or butted.
-Unique thread design that prevents cross threading the axle (not shown in the pictures). 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.
-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.
-the hub will be available in 36hole only
-available in black,red,green,gold,blue and white.
-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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