Click to email a link to a friend Ashville, North Carolina’s Industry Nine announces a new addition to their SOLiX line of hubs, introducing the SOLiX M Hubs. The new hubs join the likes of SOLiX G and SOLiX SL. SOLiX M is about quick engagement, low weight, and reduced drag and is a key ingredient to their lightest, fastest mountain bike wheels.Industry Nine developed these new hubs to give XC and trail riders their highest-performance wheelset to date.
The pawls and drive rings are engineered for maximum durability and crafted from A2 tool steel using precision wire EDM cutting. To minimize the amount of freewheeling noise, they’ve reduced pawl rotation, decreased pawl spring pressure, optimized drive ring diameter, and changed the contact seal layout.
Pulling inspiration from their previous designs, SOLiX offers lighter weight and lower friction with enhanced sealing. Keeping outside contaminants at bay, all bearings are protected by replaceable full-contact radial lip seals. Additionally, SOLiX uses the same bearing size on both the drive and non-drive sides, evenly distributing the load placed on the hub shell. There’s also a refined bearing preload method that ensures maximum life with minimum service.The SOLiX M UL300, already recognized as a winner, is designed for optimal speed and efficiency, whether on the XC race course or in any scenario requiring a premier UL-series mountain bike wheelset.
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