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Revered by street riders around the globe for it’s durability and reliability, our Cortex Freecoaster Hub is now joined by our Cortex Cassette Hub. Both hubs use bombproof reliable internals, which have been tested and developed along side the Éclat PRO team, and for 2019 both hubs now include our Gong and Viper Nylon Guard’s making them fully street ready right out of the box.
Lets break it down for you?
“Yes it crankflips!”. The first issue was the internal friction mechanism. A typical Clutch system hub uses x2 small balls on springs to apply friction to the inside of the hub shell, allowing the hub to engage. These small balls often wear out, causing damage to the hub and eventually end up in the hub slipping and cease working. We took this system and modified it to use x3 points of friction which is not only incredibly durable but also more stable than other clutch style freecoasters. After research and testing, we worked out that we could apply stable friction to a much larger section of the clutch, rather than just at x2 points like a regular classic clutch style hub. This makes the hub much more durable and will require next to maintenance.
The biggest issue with clutch style freecoasters was always that they generated “play” over time. When the clutch threads into the driver, it acts like a vice and clamps the large drive side hub bearing, and ultimately will cause large loads on that bearing causing it to weaken and become loose. We solved this issue by using a special “c-clip” which sits freely behind the non-drive side bearing, preventing the force of the clutch from damaging the bearings and destroying them. This special part really give the Cortex a huge advantage over other hubs, and enables you to give it as much side impact as possible, without the hub generating play.
Our team asked for a hub with a large slack setting, so the Cortex comes out of the box with just under 1/4 crank of slack, however, this is fully adjustable and can be made much smaller by adding small spacers behind the clutch, which are included with the hub.
After 2 years of heavy testing, we still have team riders riding the Cortex hub as good as it was the day it was laced up.
| hub material | 6061-T6 alloy hub-shell |
| rim material | 6066-T6 alloy, flash welded |
| bearings | 3 high-quality bearing driver, 2 high-performance durable bearings in hub shell. |
| spokes | 36 |
| hub features | Super strong street cassette hub / RSD or LSD available / allen key inner axle for easy maintenance / durable and dependable 3-b |
| driver | durable and dependable 3 high-quality bearing driver with c-clip for longevity |
| rim features | heavy-duty street rim, unique wider 38mm box-shaped design with internal re-enforcements and increased thickness sidewalls and s |
| axle | 14mm hollow bore, male axle, hardened heat-treated cromo |
| Hub Material | 6061-T6 alloy hub-shell |
| Rim material | 6066-T6 alloy, flash welded |
| Bearings | 3 high-quality bearing driver, 2 high-performance durable bearings in hub shell. |
| SPOKES | 36 |
| Hub Features | Super strong street cassette hub / RSD or LSD available / allen key inner axle for easy maintenance / durable and dependable 3-b |
| DRIVER | durable and dependable 3 high-quality bearing driver with c-clip for longevity |
| Rim Features | heavy-duty street rim, unique wider 38mm box-shaped design with internal re-enforcements and increased thickness sidewalls and s |
| Axle | 14mm hollow bore, male axle, hardened heat-treated cromo |
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