There's also a fantastic local option - Tairin Wheels - makes their own hubs. Jose from Tairin has actually helped design a lot of the other popular hubs out there (wouldn't tell me which).
I've been running their "Shogun" hubs for 3 years and they've been wonderful. 96 POE (3.75 degrees), 6 pawl design... bomb proof.
If you follow his instagram you'll also see he's about to release his own silent hub... which has it's own interesting history as well. Spent a couple years designing one with a very similar engagement design as Onyx only to find out that, with time, that clutch mechanism wears out... it's inevitable and depending on how much you ride will determine how long they take to wear out. Heavy frequent riders destroy them Supposedly that's why the Shimano Scylence silent hub was dropped at the last second as long term testing was coming back with worn out hubs. Anyway, he spent another year going in a different direction and has come up with a design that doesn't wear out and has come up with what looks like an amazing hub that you can run silent or noisy! Anyway, I've been running his wheels as well (which I love), but check them out.
[https://www.tairinwheels.ca/product-page/sh%C5%8Dgun-boost-rear-hub](https://www.tairinwheels.ca/product-page/sh%C5%8Dgun-boost-rear-hub)
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Oct. 21, 2021, 9:24 a.m. - IslandLife
There's also a fantastic local option - Tairin Wheels - makes their own hubs. Jose from Tairin has actually helped design a lot of the other popular hubs out there (wouldn't tell me which). I've been running their "Shogun" hubs for 3 years and they've been wonderful. 96 POE (3.75 degrees), 6 pawl design... bomb proof. If you follow his instagram you'll also see he's about to release his own silent hub... which has it's own interesting history as well. Spent a couple years designing one with a very similar engagement design as Onyx only to find out that, with time, that clutch mechanism wears out... it's inevitable and depending on how much you ride will determine how long they take to wear out. Heavy frequent riders destroy them Supposedly that's why the Shimano Scylence silent hub was dropped at the last second as long term testing was coming back with worn out hubs. Anyway, he spent another year going in a different direction and has come up with a design that doesn't wear out and has come up with what looks like an amazing hub that you can run silent or noisy! Anyway, I've been running his wheels as well (which I love), but check them out. [https://www.tairinwheels.ca/product-page/sh%C5%8Dgun-boost-rear-hub](https://www.tairinwheels.ca/product-page/sh%C5%8Dgun-boost-rear-hub) [https://www.instagram.com/tairinwheels/](https://www.instagram.com/tairinwheels/)