This fixed/single speed mountain-bike heart from Affix has a couple of things to dislike: a uncanny, oversized pie-plate-style ring for asingle, as well as the weight (570g or 1.3-pounds) for an additional. But if we can get over which it could be the rather utilitarian, if niche, square of bike rigging.

The hub’s role is to discharge the need for the flip-flop hub. A flip-flop heart has threading upon both sides so we can remove the wheel as well as fast shift gears upon the singular speed bike, possibly to makeuseof the somewhat smaller or bigger fixed-gear cog, or to barter to the freewheel. The problem: it takes the notation or two, as well as we get dirty douse upon your fingers.

Affix’s solution is to have a automobile heart. You press as well as twist which big ring and a heart thatch or unlocks, allowing we to seashore or to skid-stop on the same side. This could be accessible the few ways: for bike polo (I told we it was the niche product) we could float around upon the bound though switch to single-speed upon a justice (many polo players makeuseof the back stop. Or you could put it in a towering bike for which it is written as well as only choose depending upon mood.

The spoke comes in 14 or 15-tooth sizes, and is splined for the slide-on fit (you still get the lock-ring, yet. And here is probably a greatest unsentimental objection: Many people choose the bigger spoke on the freewheel side of a flip-flop to have hill-climbing simpler. With the Affix heart, we are stuck with asingle rigging comparativemeasure.

The aluminum, 32-hole hub comes in 120, 130 as well as 135mm spacings to fit any support, as well as costs the rather frightful $270.

MTB SS/Fixed Hub [Affix]

Affix Free as well as Fix Hub store [Ben's Cycle]