Yea, I wondered why nobody noticed the hubs myself, it actually took a fair amout of effort to figure out what to run. I have been building the wheels for all of these projects, and I will say these hubs are the bomb. They utilize the same basic casting as the worksman front hubs but have much heavier guts. Rear axles are 12mm in diameter (nearly 1/2 inch) and the fronts are nearly as heavy at 11mm. They are just about as stout as they come, much heavier than std bicycle stuff.
The fact they also have dual sprockets out of box is the real secret. No clamp on sprocket adapters here folks, these are superior to anything else out there short of motorcycle hubs. With our foray into real horse power, we needed the hardware to stop these machines, but that is really only the beginning.
For most, these bikes have a nice loop and good lines, but that is only the start. These are truly spec bikes -literally. Pat has full CAD drawings for the frames and each bike is built to actual blueprints. It took quite awile to do the initial engineering and to build the first bike, but now the bikes are entering the production phase. Each bike will be precision built to the same exacting standards. Designed and built in the USA! How many builders can make that claim? The fit and finish are first rate.
We are two short weeks away from the maiden voyage of the Morini motored models. The first China motored version was built weeks ago, and already the Whizzer models are rolling out. Pat already has 5 framesets done and the next 10 are already spoken for.
Better get in line now...
