I9 Torch Road

[tctyres]

Originally Posted by corkycalvin

Do you know if they use the road Torch FHB on other hubs? If not, there’s no parts going onward. I know those rubber FHB dust cover will tear eventually

I just changed a set of bearings. The ones I9 uses are standard production, so they will be around for a while.

[krooj]

Originally Posted by th_boone

Agree - big bummer they stopped making the regular hubs, but reckon they were seeing the numbers and didn't want to continue. I've owned a few sets myself, still have a set on my wife's cx bike in violet, classic flange laced to Hed Belgiums. Always good. The entire jump to disc brakes by the industry it's a large miss in my humble opinion.

Gotta sell people more crap. In 20 years, my disc road bike has given me more issues related to the braking system than any rim brake systems outside of cantis. Rim brake road has always been a set-and-forget affair for me, whereas discs always seem to get warped, contaminated, need bleeding, etc... Let's not even get started about the weight gain.