When the bandwagon rolls through your town, be ready with the Surly 1x1™ single-speed hubs. You’ll be confident in your derby abilities rolling on this pair of rugged hubs. The Surly 1x1™ single-speed hubs are forged and CNC-machined from 6061 aluminum and feature 4130 Cro-Moly solid axles, spinning on sealed cartridge bearings. The 135mm-spaced rear hub allows the use of BMX freewheels and as an added bonus, it’s threaded on each side for the convenience of quick gear changes. Front hub spacing is 100mm, and the matched pair is available in black or silver, (32 hole only). Both feature the handsome 1x1™ laser-etched logo.
Submitted by
noosa2
a Weekend Warrior
from Phoenix
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2011
Strengths: The price was right
Weaknesses: Way too much time trying to adjust this hub.
Bottom Line:
Wow - I have been working on my own bikes and friends bikes for more than 30years and this is the first hub that has totally stumped me. They need to be adjusted all the time - I would have to adjust this hub between laps of a BMX track - that's less than 40seconds of ride time. The hub is either too tight or it is too loose - no "just right".
Similar Products Used: King, Hadley, Shimano XT, XTR, Bontrager ...
Bike Setup: Used this hub on a Black Market Mob setup for BMX
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Submitted by
bwmarshall1
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: December 16, 2010
Strengths: Hmmm...
Weaknesses: Require constant adjustment... which does not help. One or two rides and they are loose and rattle.
Bottom Line:
Not a fan! These take more adjustment and f****ing around to keep adjusted than necessary. They are too tight and grind, or they are too loose and rattle, there is NO in between with adjustment. As a former bike mechanic and having been a rider for nearly 30 years... these are the worst I have had.
Submitted by
GrampBredo
a Cross Country Rider
from CT, USA
Date Reviewed: May 27, 2010
Strengths: They work, they don't require much maintenance.
Weaknesses: None.
Bottom Line:
I'd buy these again. They're simple, they work, there's nothing to go wrong with them. They roll on sealed cartridge bearings, with adjustable preload nuts on the axle (ala shimano). But, they hardly ever need to be adjusted. In six months of active woods riding, I haven't touched them (other than open them up to see what was inside). The adjusters really just let you keep getting more life out of the bearings. And when the bearings do wear out, they're cheap and easy to replace, without replacing the whole hub. Overall, highly recommended.
Similar Products Used: Entry level shimano hubs, and a DT Swiss 340
Bike Setup: Rigid, singlespeed Karate Monkey
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Submitted by
Isolation Helmet
a Cross Country Rider
from Fairfax, CA
Date Reviewed: May 19, 2010
Strengths: Inexpensive but strong hubs
Weaknesses: In two years of riding (5,000+ miles per year) I have needed to replace the bearings in the rear wheel twice
Bottom Line:
I like the hubs but if you do not replace the bearings yourself they become very expensive. The replacement bearings are cheap but needing replacement annually is too much for those who do not do their own repair work. I would only recommend these hubs to someone capable of the bearing replacement.
Weaknesses: The old 1x1 hubs were amazing, surly never should have switched the design. They decided they needed to make the bearings adjustable...i've gone thru 2 sets of "new" hubs and had the same problems with each.. the bearings are either loose and wobbly, or if you tighten them to take out the wobble they damn near lock up... and they are NOT smooth . damn you surly for changing the design!!!!!!!
Bottom Line:
if your looking for a rear hub,, spend the extra dollars and get yourself a paul hub, yeah its like 50$ more but its 100x better. If you don't have the extra money... walk, If you in for a front hub, get just about anything else. I've been contemplating going back to my Shimano xt disk hubs. with loose ball bearings.
Strengths: Burly. Reliable. Relatively cheap. Haven't had to rebuild it yet - but I'm not worried.
Weaknesses: Heavy.
Bottom Line:
I've been enjoying this hub all season. Nice compromise of cost and weight for reliability and strength. Certainly no Phil Wood - but its also 100$ less.
Strengths: Sealed cartridge angular contact bearings Accepts BMX freewheels on both sides Solid axle No dish and wide spacing makes for a strong wheel Flanges are ultra beefy Looks pimp
Weaknesses: Doesn't come in 36h
Bottom Line:
I have a Surly New Hub. When I ordered mine I thought I was getting a 1x1 but found out the 1x1 was discontinued and replaced by the New Hub. This thing is tha bomb! I weigh 250lbs and I ride angry on urban. My axle is still striaight, bearings are still fresh feeling, even after countless drops to flat on concrete, stair hucks, casing concrete edges on gaps, and enough abuse to snap my last frame. The flanges are so beefy i don't believe they will ever be damaged. The bearings are standard 7901 and are the only part I expect to ever have to replace (bearings die, fact of life).
Buy this thing if you wanna huck off the roof on a hardtail. Buy it if you want a smooth and reliable SS hub.
Also, the axle can be easily replaced with a hollow QR axle, although I don't know why anyone would want to unless you're racing and would need QR for flat changes.
Any number of flaming chilis do not do this piece justice, so I'll just peg both meters.
Favorite Trail: Urban trials nirvana outside my front door, anything with stairs and concrete
Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid:
$79.00
Purchased At: Sun N Spokes - LBS @sierra vista, AZ
Similar Products Used: None, i used to run a Shimano with a pile of spacers and a cog
Bike Setup: '03 Da Bomb Sputnik 14" horizontal drops, Bomber Z2 Atom80 fork, Profile BMX cranks with Hatecake/dual 22t chainrings being installed, KMC Kink chain, ACS Claws freewheel.
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Submitted by
Jerome
a Weekend Warrior
from Grenoble, France
Date Reviewed: April 4, 2003
Strengths: Smooth, strong, cannot be stolen quickly (15mm bolts), rear hubs is symetrical so the wheel is stronger and stiffer.
Weaknesses: None so far.
Bottom Line:
I use the bike weekly to go to work and on week-ends to ride with wife and kid (kid sits on the bike with me). About 200km per week (70~90 on mountain roads on WE), sometimes more. Even if raining or snowing. No play, no rust, as smooth as the first time, the hubs seem to be reliable so far.
VERY NICE Hubs… The bearings are soo smooth. It’s a very solid feeling hub. These things look and feel as if they are never going to brake. I highly recommend this hub.
Bike Setup: Custom Single speed. Older Schwinn frame (w/ old drop outs cut off and BMX style welded in), Race Face Cranks, Hell Bent HB, Salsa Moto Stem, Selle Italia Nitrox seat, XT V-Brakes, Mavic 221 Rims, Surly 1x1 Hub.
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Submitted by
tyler janicik
a Weekend Warrior
from sacramento
Date Reviewed: April 15, 2002
Strengths: has'nt broke dispite numerous attempts to kill them
Weaknesses: they didn't have them in black when I placed the order, other than that they're perfect
Bottom Line:
my bike is the sh*t, it goes anywhere I mainly ride street, but I do ride dirt trails about twice a week and there is nothing more gratifying than out climbing other riders on geared bikes, I find it best make your moves when they shift because that usually throws off their momentum
Bike Setup: azonic DS-1, marzochi Z-1 MCR 130 mm, mavvic 521 rims, easton carbon riser bars,rase face DH system stem and real seal headset, Truvativ isis BB and single speed cranks, avid arch 50 brakes
Strengths: I've only used the rear hub, so that's the one I'm reviewing. Light weight- Hub is 260g, and a freewheel weighs about 100g. Cheap, too. Very very strong- I regularly drop 5 feet to level concrete and have never had a single problem. You'll never bend that axle.
Weaknesses: The axle is probably beefier than it needs to be- I wish they were available in a standard QR. I hate carrying a 15mm wrench. Not that much of a problem in the grand scheme of things.
Bottom Line:
If you want a good lightweight SS hub for not very much money at all, here's your hub. Mine has never had any bearing trouble or developed any play despite some serious abuse. I weigh 180# and I break parts quite a bit, but this thing keeps kickin.
Similar Products Used: cheap aluminum hub that came on a Fisher
Bike Setup: Smith&Wesson cop frame, truvative SS cranks Surly hub with salsa gordo rims rock shock judy T long travel(old) also using a surly singlelator which is working awsome
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