I use the naked front hub with a rigid fork for trials (front wheel hop with the wheel sideways, etc...), NEVER ANY PROBLEM !

nope.

This naked front hub is the coolest hub I ever found, one of the lightest, and strong enough for trials !

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shimano xt & xtr, I broke several hollow axles before this hershey hub.

I am a Swiss bicycle racer and race for team Bianchi. I build custom wheels for myself and other bike teams. I do snowflakes crow's foots and other rare spoke patterns as well as traditionnel ones. My current paire of racewheels are Hershey Ti. They are light weight and durable and I am overly satisfied except for the bearings which are cheap japenese bearings that I would suggest to replace with a good set of german bearings. If it wasn't for the bearings they would get five stars.

I only have the front naked hub, but it is a sweet piece. The first one I had broke (can't handle radial lacing), but Hershey replaced it within a week. saved me a whole bunch of weight up front and has been really reliable.

Light, smooth, strong

rear hub bearings wear quickly

Although bike shops did not recommend radial lacing, I still did it and I have not had a single problem in 3 years. Too bad I can't find them anymore.

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These hubs work pretty well. I love the front hub. This thing is beefy. It has a 19mm axle, and huge cups that cover the bearings and clamp in between the fork legs. It rolls silky smooth. The rear rolls good, has a smaller axle and looks kinda wimpy, but I haven't had any problems (no bent axles or anything). The bearings are exhibiting a less than silky smooth roll right now. I have abused them through a rainy season (7 months), and it's not rolling as nicely as when I got it. It still rolls endlessly, you can just feel it when you hold the axle in your hands and give it a spin. Overall, I like these hubs. The front is called Ti Monster and the rear is just a Ti rear hub (no special name). The rear hub is the one that isn't rolling as well as the front. I think the bearings are too small. I give 4 stars for the front, 3 for the rear.

I have used the Hershey Metal Matrix Monster Hubs on my cross-country racing bike and also my tandem which my girlfriend and I race. The hub on the tandem really takes a beating because of all the force put on it (no suspension). This hub has taken the abuse with flying colors! I have rarely had to true the wheel after a hard race or ride.. I recommend these to anyone....

I have the Naked front hub. Smoothest hub ever! Extremely light and strong. My whole wheel (with rimstrip, no tire or tube) weighs 576 grams.

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If you can find them on ebay, buy them. I owned two of them but sold the turquoise one on ebay after deciding that it was just going to sit on my bookshelf as a paperweight. I kept the black one and it is definitely my best hub. Too bad the company went belly up, I really like a lot of those 90's quirky products.

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