who produced the first straight pull hubs?

[ASHLEYF]

i was thinking nuke proof back in the day? but not 100% sure on this. My mind remembers the ad or the review in MBUK but i just cant remember the brand for sure.

 

[Easy_Rider]

Pulsar?

 

[velomaniac]

Technically you need to go back to penny farthing days

Sorry, no help at all :roll:

 

[REKIBorter]

Pulsar were probably the first to bring it to the masses. They made the big mistake of taking the production to Taiwan fitting inferior bearings and cutting corners in the production process to maximise the profit margin. These cheaper hubs then became available to the OEM market but bearing failure became an issue, plus freehubs that failed quickly and were not compatible with Shimano replacements. The trade lost faith in the brand and this proved to be the downfall of Pulsar. BTW I have fitted mine with ceramic bearing replacement units

 

[ASHLEYF]

cheers for the reply guys. I remember an ad in mbuk years ago, but could not remember the brand. Out side the pennyfarthing idea any other idea apart from pulsar

 

[Easy_Rider]

I'm sure Mavic did some too, seen some recently on here :?

 

[Baulz]

Tioga did a front hub, early to mid 90's?

 

[FluffyChicken]

Pulstar is the earliest MTB one I remember so that would make it early 90's, certainly availabel in 1994 as reviewed here http://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/mai ... temId=6124

Some one here will know the exact dates.

Mavic and many others have made them and still do, but I think they where some years after these.

 

[elite504]

http://www.google.com/patents?id=eJMoAA ... q=&f=false

1894??

 

[Elev12k]

Roval? Aerodynamic wheels for road use.