This review is for some of the nicest track hubs I’ve ever laid my greasy hands on. Being a Japanese parts fanatic, I felt a little strange putting parts on my bike that weren’t made in Japan…but I soon realized just how stupid that was when I saw these amazing hubs in person.

I did a lot of looking for some new hubs and it wasn't easy at all. I knew I wanted the option of low flange and I wanted black or blue. Pretty simple, eh? Well, after some really serious Google recon, I finally realized that I couldn't find a damn thing that fit the bill. Everything I came up with seemed to have high spoke counts and was just hideously made. Who honestly needs 36 damn spokes per wheel?
Diet!
Eventually, I came across Mack hubs and even though it took some real hunting (Mack has no website!) I came up with how to get them and where the hell they came from.

Mack hubs are all fully handmade in Rzeszów, Poland by a great guy named Maciej Wydra. Mack, as he likes to be called, has been making and selling these hubs for many years in Europe and really knows his shit when it comes to quality. The hub bodies are all completely hand-made by Mack himself, one at a time. The axles are all high tensile strength front and rear, have stainless steel bolts and washers (10 x 1.5 mm), and Aluminum 7075 lock rings (33.5 mm x 24tpi left-hand thread - Campagnolo compatible). Single or Double-fixed is available. Rear axle width is 120 mm, 24h front and rear. Spoke count is up to you and I chose 24h. Mack actually let me choose any spoke count I wanted at no extra cost! That’s something that basically no hub maker now will even consider doing but, then again, who else fully hand makes their hubs?

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Rear

Oh, and if you’re worried about running an aluminum lock ring you should research 7075. Firstly, It’s no ordinary alloy. 7075 was actually used for the Zero fighter airframe of the Imperial Japanese Navy! Fuck yeah! 天皇万歳！It’s some serious business and although quite costly, it won't fail you. 7075 is also used for a lot of rock climbing equipment.
Mack hubs are available in almost any anodized color you can imagine and are also available as high flange too for you guys stuck in 2003.
Check out this image I found for an idea of the colors: http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ ... raz002.jpg

Cost you ask? For the low flange, double fixed, I paid $184USD delivered from Europe to the USA. An amazing price considering the ultra high quality and the option of custom spoke counts. I mean you can go ahead and buy some mass produced hubs that every other party foul is rolling or you can get something original that doesn't have the backing of 15 board members and a factory in Taiwan.

Now that you’re ready to buy some of these hot hubs you can contact Mack directly at mackhubs@o2.pl or get lucky and find some of his hubs on Ebay. Seller name is, of course, mackhubs.

Cheers,

deathhare

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