Westpine front wheel

[Atmos]

This is freaking cool. Anyone has the rear hub?


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/13495260...0171624&segname&recoId=134952605622&recoPos=1

 

[ferrus]

Nobody has the rear hub!

Discussed here: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/how-much-would-you-pay-for-the-most-beautiful-hub.476638/

 

[Atmos]

Nobody has the rear hub!

Discussed here: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/how-much-would-you-pay-for-the-most-beautiful-hub.476638/

Hi thanks for the link!

 

[transportationfascination]

Nobody has the rear hub!

Discussed here: https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/how-much-would-you-pay-for-the-most-beautiful-hub.476638/

Somebody does…

 

[synchronicity]

Looks very heavy.

 

[Atmos]

Very cool looking

 

[ferrus]

Somebody does…

Wow, that’s only the second one I’ve ever seen. Are they yours?

 

[transportationfascination]

Wow, that’s only the second one I’ve ever seen. Are they yours?

Yes. Ted Laio was the designer of the Avid Tri-Align brake and subsequently founded Westpine. I always respected his work & love these hubs…. Might not be light, might be crazy, but the guy had a vision of something different and dared to make it real.

 

[ferrus]

That confirms the existence of the elusive rear then.

I like Ted’s work for the same reasons. Theoretically at least there are some benefits of the design beyond looks. My CX front weighs 182 g; when you subtract the weight saved off approx 32” of spoke vs a medium flange hub it isn’t much heavier, and builds into a very stiff, well supported wheel.

 

[transportationfascination]

That confirms the existence of the elusive rear then.

I like Ted’s work for the same reasons. Theoretically at least there are some benefits of the design beyond looks. My CX front weighs 182 g; when you subtract the weight saved off approx 32” of spoke vs a medium flange hub it isn’t much heavier, and builds into a very stiff, well supported wheel.

Nice. It's interesting that on Westpine's own product literature they don't discuss the design benefits whatsoever - other than to state the obvious - that they are "Ultra High Flange Suspension Hubs". Irregardless, I am a fan, and look back on this cnc-gone-wild era fondly, even though there were so many shortcomings, so many broken parts, and so many misses. Cheers...