New Brand spotted at the Sea Otter: The Hive

Apr 30, 2008
by Luc 'Acadian' Albert  
Established earlier this year, The Hive is a company formed of avid cyclist committed to improve cyclists experience with innovative products. They picked the Sea Otter classic to give people a sneak peak of what they have to offer.
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Thus far The Hive have a fairly limited product line – fixed gear hubs and singlespeed hubs, but I've been told they got a lot of cool stuff coming down the pipe!



Chub Fixed Gear Hub

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Massive rear flanges mated to a mighty carbon tube increase torsional stiffness and fatigue life, minimize windup. Spoke stress is decreased 70% over conventional high flange hubs.

· Stout 15mm 7075 Aluminum through axle
· Smooth rolling sealed ball bearings
· Massive clamping force provided by twin M10 Ti Screws
· Optimized fiber orientation for torque transfer between flanges
· 24 or 32 hole; 120mm or 130mm spacing
· 296 grams



SS Disc Rear Hub

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Chub singlespeed disc hubs incorporate the technical advantages of our track hubs into an ISO disc compatible, thread on singlespeed hub.

· Stout 15mm 7075 Aluminum through axle
· Smooth rolling sealed ball bearings
· Massive clamping force provided by twin M10 Ti Screws
· Optimized fiber orientation for torque transfer between flanges
· 32 holes; 135mm spacing
· 286 grams
· Polished Silver Flanges and 3K Weave Carbon Fiber Shell



SS Cranks

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The SS cranks by The Hive are still in development but they hope to have them ready by this fall. The name of the crankset is still to be determined.

· 30mm Polygon Spindle based on DIN Standard
· 100% surface contact crank to spindle, the ultimate in rigidity
· 700g complete
· Optional guard
· Available Late Fall ’08


THE HIVE



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9 Comments
  • 3 0
 I've been a longtime fan of Chub hubs. Got a set back in the day for my fixey and they are still going strong. The guy who sold them to me was an east-coaster, a real prick...but they have been one of the best purchases I've made. The curvey disc ones look really elegant.
  • 2 0
 Promising indeed. Digging the fatass flanges and rims
  • 2 0
 Cool! Another rider owned company coming into the biking scene.
  • 1 1
 all about them fixed gears
  • 0 0
 could you use the single speed hub or the crank for street?...
  • 0 0
 I think that question answers it's self. I sure wouldn't.
  • 0 0
 Idk if you remember the nukeproof bmx hubs back in the day. Race only... and they meant it.
  • 0 0
 looks realy nice
  • 0 0
 What,s BB whith crank?







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