No front wheel can be without it’s matching pair so Jeff dropped off his rear hub for a rebuild.  The old-school Tune hub needed some fresh bearing so I used my bearing press to fit some shiny new SKF units, then laced the wheel to a ZTR Olympic rim.

The non-driveside spokes are the very light DT Swiss Revolutions with alloy nipples, the driveside spokes are stiffer (and heavier) Competitions with brass nipples – this will give a great balance of stiffness and durability for this wheelset which is used for both general riding and racing.

This hub is quite old and slightly different to the modern Tune hubs: The freehub body uses 4 pawls and springs rather than three, and the axle extends from end-to-end rather than the driveside endcap ‘extending’ the axle on newer versions.  In some ways the lack of fundamental changes show the durability of the Tune design – it really works well for such a light weight hub.

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