Industry Nine Torch Rear Road Hub (Black)

Price: $369.99
Discontinued Online
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Industry Nine's Torch Series hubs offer less drag, amazing anodized color quality, and the lightness and quick engagement of a superior hub. The weight is approximately 150 grams lighter than the previous generation. The moment you see these hubs in person, it's easy to tell why i9 is known to make one of the best-looking hubs on the market. The 120 point, 3° engagement, 6 (2x3 alternating) pawl engagement makes for less drag and quicker engagement than most mountain bikers are used to. This quick engagement is ideal for cross-country races, sprinting out of tight turns, and steep mountain climbs where a pause in your cadence flow equals a loss of balance and maybe a topple over! Large diameter disk flanges are angled to lower spoke stress, improve wheel stiffness, and braking torque transfer. The Torch utilizes a contact seal packed with marine grease just outside of the bearings to keep grime out of the cartridge bearing. This makes for less maintenance and serves to extend the life of the bearings.

Industry Nine components are manufactured in the USA, start to finish. Everything. Through the layers of CNC machine processes, even if parts are separately machined and scrutinized by quality control. Hubs are individually polished and/or anodized, and laser-etched in-house. The production warehouse shelves are constantly moving with outgoing orders and incoming fresh parts from the machine shop. Industry nine has all of the technology they need to create their in-house project. For example, there's a wire EDM Machine, which cuts hardened steel by using an electrical current. The wire EDM machine maximizes the strength and accuracy used to cut teeth and pawls. Industry Nine really goes the whole nine yards with their components. If you don't believe it, here's a video to help: 

Features:

  • Uses the same drive ring and pawls as the I9 mountain hubs with a reduced pawl count to 3 instead of 6 while still achieving a 6-degree engagement
  • Relocated bearings and a new freehub seal reduces drag while coasting
  • Custom Teflon contact seals fully seal the hubs from mud and water and are manufactured in-house
  • 3-pawl, 60-point 6 degree engagement cassette mechanism with oversized axles
  • 9/10/11 speed HG freehub, Campy freehubs sold separately, use XN-6173
  • Made in Asheville, NC USA

Specifications:
Position: Rear
Brake Type: Rim Brake
Axle Type: Quick Release
Hub Spacing: QR x 130mm
Drive Type (Rear Hub): Shimano/SRAM
Spoke Count: 32H
Spoke Type: J-Bend
Left Side Flange Diameter: -
Right Side Flange Diameter: -
Left Side Center to Flange: -
Right Side Center to Flange: -
Bearing Type: -
Color: Black
Weight: 243g

This product was added to our catalog on November 5, 2021