White Industries Issues 20th Anniversary Polished Speed Racer Hubs, Plus New Centerlock Disc Hubs

I still have a set of the originals! Sitting in an old box because they would NEVER stay tight. 2mm screws to hold bearing preload on a mtb doesn’t work.

The bearing preload on all of my WI hubs works perfectly. Here’s to many more years of WI hubs.

11-speed Shimano compatible 12 x 142 hub? I’d better get myself ready for 11-speed XTR. maybe.

I have a set of the originals build in Mtb wheels (now on commuter bike) with Ti-dye spokes. Hubs are still running great.

@suede: I’ve built on H1, H2, H3, T-11, MI-5, and MI-6 and I’ve never had a problem with WI hubs. I can’t say the same about other manufactures. WI has everyone beat on the combination of weight, reliability, and cost. Plus they’re made in USA and I’ve only had great customer service from them.

I’ve have 3 sets with no problems. Not sure I would use them on a DH rig tho…

@k11- Cane creek over chris king for headsets any day.

Just to clarify I can’t attest to the durability of a WI hub because I’ve had no first hand experience. I can however express my displeasure at what I feel is an error in a design. I was unnecessarily snarky in my comment out of frustration with the industry I’ve called home for a quarter of a century. I’m done with basic mistakes in engineering that force me to work harder and longer to keep these bikes on the road, I’m done with being an outsider because I praise that beat down Schwinn Traveler for still surviving and being easy to work on. I appreciate and respect those opinions that praise WI hubs. I do not doubt the validity of those claims. I personally cannot celebrate what I see as a flawed design that can manifest itself into a unnecessarily difficult repair when things go south. I’m also glad to hear of good experiences with WI customer service. I’ve not recommended CK, MRP, or Manitou products for many years due to horrible and unreasonable problems with customer service from those companies. I’m not an idiot and I am simply acting as a liason between your end user and you, treat me as such.
For the record as I remember it WI did in fact use alloy freehub bodies, I give them a pass on that one simply because that mistake is one made time and time again by many manufactures. I also remember that they quite quickly offered ti as an option to address the stuck cassettes which at the time was a problem none of us foresaw.

@suede Thought I might be the only person to recall (and revile) the White Industries use of a 2mm set screw for adjustment. Back in the 90’s, my joints were perhaps in better shape, but I’d not trade today for my 1995 knees, if the deal included my exclusive use of those blasted hubs. Hopefully, they’ve somehow improved….