Trade 9 Provides Colourful Hydra Basic Hub Choice for S-Collection Wheels

Trade 9 has expanded its line of S-Collection mountain bike wheelsets with the addition of a J-Bend Hydra Hubset possibility.

The 28h steel-spoke wheelsets have been beforehand obtainable solely with black, straight-pull Hydra hubs. Now, the North Carolina model’s extra reasonably priced line of Carbon and Alloy MTB wheels could be acquired with the Hydra Basic hubset for lacing with standard J-Bend spokes. The brand new providing brings with it the flexibility to customise hubs with a full vary of anodized colours to select from.

Trade 9 S-Collection Hydra Basic Wheelsets

As we speak’s announcement from Trade 9 delivers 4 new S-Collection wheelsets – “S” alluding to the truth that all of them run metal spokes and are priced a little bit extra favorably as in comparison with i9’s lighter wheelsets which are constructed with aluminum spokes. The 4 wheelsets in query are the Path S Basic Carbon, Path S Basic Alloy, Enduro S Basic Carbon and Enduro S Basic Alloy, all laced with 28 J-bend spokes.

Whereas wheels with straight-pull spokes have a faster and simpler construct course of, J-bend counterparts could be simpler to dwell with in the long term, particularly for primary re-truing and tensioning. Whereas straight-pull spokes generally tend to spin throughout tightening, making the job tough with out further instruments, J-bend spokes don’t; the way in which they’re bent across the hub’s drilled holes prevents them from spinning throughout tensioning. For that motive, some mechanics discover them a lot simpler to work with.

Appreciating that, Trade 9 noticed match to supply their extra reasonably priced S-Collection wheelsets with the J-bend Hydra Basic hubset. There isn’t a distinction in value, with the alloy and carbon wheelsets beginning at $950 and $1,795 USD, respectively.

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