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Madera Memo – Unboxing the Madera V2 Cassette

It’s time for another round of Madera Memo! This time around Mike Hinkens sits down for an unboxing with the Madera V2 Cassette Hub. Mike goes through all the specs and details of the hub that’s available in a bunch of different colors from black to Celestial, Nickel and more. Tried and true! Check it!

“Madera Memo #13 – UnBoxing – Madera v2 Cassette Hub

Time to learn all about Madera’s v2 Cassette Hub. Our flagship hub is an American-made masterpiece and we hope you click play to learn all about it including its features, its customization options, and tips and secrets for maintenance.

More info and link for purchase below.

Edit: Mike Hinkens
Music: Intro/Outro: Drumlins

Product Details

The Madera V2 Cassette is part of the BUILD YOUR OWN HUB Program.
You have choices for following:
-Hub Color
-Spoke holes/Drive side
-Axle
-Axle Bolts: Choose any Chromo bolt option at NO EXTRA CHARGE!
-Cassette Driver
-Cog
-Madera designed the V2 Cassette Hub to be the best all around hubs available. All axles, bolts, & bearings are the same parts used in Profile Racing’s Mini Hubs. Madera V2 Cassette hubs are suitable for trails, racing, street, and park use.
For more info on customization, check out our BYOH video for tons of details on how to make your hub just the way you want it! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Xlh…)
AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT YOUR LOCAL BIKE SHOP, FAVORITE MAIL ORDER, OR ON THE MADERA WEBSITE” – Madera BMX

Profile Racing – Mark Mulville Camouflage Colorway Re-Issue

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Profile Racing have brought back the camouflage!

If you were looking for the Mark Mulville signature camouflage colorway from Profile Racing, you’re in luck! They just got a fresh batch of parts in the popular color option back in stock, and they’ve added a few new items! You can now pick the Z-Coaster, Elite Hubs, Mini Hubs, Push Stem and Sabre Sprocket up in this color options through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry Profile Racing. Get a closer look at the Z-Coaster hub up top, and the other parts below!

Elite Hubs

Mini Hubs

“These are in addition to both RHD and LHD Mini and Elite hubs,
as well as Mulville Push stems in 48 and 53mm.” – Profile Racing

Mark’s signature Push stem in his camouflage colorway!

The Sabre Sprocket in the camouflage colorway.

What do you think? Have any questions? Let us know what you’re thinking in the comments below!

Cult – Crew Freecoaster Hub

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Cult have released their new Crew Freecoaster hub…

A few weeks ago Cult released a photo of their new Crew Freecoaster hub that featured a unique looking hub shell that lead us to believe they had been doing some research and development of a new freecoaster system. There was pretty limited details at that point, and we’ve been curious what is going on inside that hub since.

Today we spotted the Crew Freecoaster Hub on the Cult website with a better look at the hub, but still pretty limited details…

“All new design… Black CREW FC hub…

Comes with non drive side Hubguard…

LHD or RHD…”

So, we decided to search around a little more and it looks like this one is just starting to hit shops. The guys at Kunstform in Germany have the hub listed on their website with these details…

“The Cult “Crew” Freecoaster is a stable street freecoaster and was developed and tested together with the the Cult-team. The recent version of the reliable functioning Cult “Crew” Freecoaster is now available as a male version and have a heat treated CrMo 14mm hollow axle and large bearings .
Facts Cult “Crew” Freecoaster

Material:
Shell: 6061-T6 aluminum, 36H
Axle: 14mm Male, hollow, CrMo, heat treated, with 6mm allen key insert
Cones: CrMo, with threat
Nuts: CrMo, for 17mm wrench or nut
Driver: 9T, LHD
Cone: CrMo
Bearing: Sealed bearings
Extras: Variable adjustable gap by adding or removing spacer rings, incl. 1x Non Driver Side Nylon Hubguard”

What we do know is the hub utilizes a freecoaster design that is different than their Match Freecoaster (which is no longer listed on the Cult website), it comes in black for the only color, right and left side drive, and it even comes with a non-drive side nylon hub guard. It also sounds like it uses spacers to adjust the slack like the Match hub, and most other freecoaster hubs.

UPDATE: We got word from Neal at Cult about what’s going on inside the hub along with a photo of the driver itself…
“We removed the needle bearing in the driver, and the taper roller bearing in the hub shell to keep the price down. We also replaced the old ball spring system with a more durable heavy duty spring and o-ring design.”

What really surprised us is the price. The hub is available for $149.99, which is more affordable than most of the other freecoasters available. You can pick this hub up through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry Cult worldwide starting now.

What do you think? Let us know what you’re thinking in the comments below!

Sneak Peek: Cult – Crew Coaster

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Cult have a new freecoaster cooking…

Here’s a little gem we just spotted from Cult! It looks like they’ve been working on a new freecoaster that they’re calling the Crew Coaster. Not much for information on the BMX hub beyond the name and this photo, but it does appear to have an interesting looking shell that is slim like a cassette on one half and a larger body on the drive side wrapped in Cult logos. This leads us to believe that it’s probably not using the KHE internals like their existing hub (and about 90% of all the other freecoasters out), but we could be wrong. Our bet would be on different internals, though. We’ll keep you posted when we know more.

What’s also interesting is that the photo is from the trails… We might be over analyzing it, but maybe it has the ability to switch between cassette and freecoaster like the Z-Coaster or the Ezra coaster from a few years back… That could be interesting, too.

What do you think? Any ideas or speculation of what’s going on with this hub that might be different than other freecoasters? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

Wethepeople BMX – Supreme Cassette Hub

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Let’s take a look at the Supreme Cassette hub from Wethepeople…

Although the Freecoaster has become a dominant choice for BMX riders over the past few years, there are still a large number of riders who are still putting their cassette hubs to good use. There are even a number of riders switching back to cassette from what we have been seeing. Either way, Wethepeople have offered their Supreme Cassete Hub for a while now and it has held true to being a reliable hub that gets the job done. The crew at Wethepeople have given the hub an upgrade and it now comes with injection molded nylon / fiberglass hub guards stock to help ensure you’re able to protect the hub from all the grinds. They’ve put a feature up on their website giving you all the specs, details and an indepth look at the hub right here — Out In The Open – Supreme Cassette Hub

Do you run the Supreme hub? What do you think of it? Let us know what you’re thinking in the comments below!

Profile Racing – Ricky Moseley Swell Colorway

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Profile Racing giving you a look at the new Ricky Moseley “Swell” colorway…

It’s that time again! Profile Racing have just announced their next colorway option that will be dropping July 13th! Here’s a look at the Ricky Moseley “Swell” colorway that looks pretty amazing. As some of you might know if you follow Ricky’s Instagram, he’s big in photography and focuses in on shooting photos of waves, so Ricky and Profile did a wrap of Ricky’s photos on the Mini and Elite hubs, Push stem and the Sabre Spline Drive Sprocket.

Each of the items will be available through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry Profile Racing worldwide, and direct from the Profile Racing webstore starting July 13th, so if you’re digging this color, get ready… We have a feeling these will go fast!

Elite Hubs in the Swell colorway.

Mark Mulville signature Push stem in the Swell colorway.

Sabre Spline Drive sprocket in the Swell Colorway!

What do you think? We want to hear from you! Let us know what you’re thinking or if you have any questions in the comments below!

Madera V2 Cassette Build In Under A Minute

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Have you ever wondered how a hub is assembled? Anyone who has been riding BMX long enough has probably taken a hub or two apart in their time, but usually it’s just to clean the driver or bearings, not fully taking the hub completely apart. What you might not know is that each and every hub that Madera produce is hand built at the Profile Racing warehouse down in Florida. Below is a quick video showing you each and every step that goes into building the V2 Cassette from parts to a complete hub. If you’re a product nerd, you’re going to love this.

“Madera BMX hub built in less than one minute (time lapse)

Curious how a Madera V2 Cassette comes together? Look no further.

In less than one minute see how we take our American made BMX freestyle hub and hand assemble it down in St. Pete Florida.”

Madera BMX – Build Your Own Hub

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Did you know that you can actually customize your own Madera or Profile Racing hubs to your own personal specs? The Build Your Own Hub program has been available for a few years now, allowing you to build your own hub from the shell, to the axle, bolts and driver, to make it exactly what you want and need. Here’s a video where Mike Hinkens gives you a run through of all the different options that are available for front and rear hubs for Madera. Take a look below!

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This video is an explanation of how you can order a Madera hubset and completely customize as you go. Pick your axles, studs, colors, and more. Click play to learn about how you can build the perfect setup for yourself.

Edit: Mike Hinkens

Madera BMX – Living the BMX lifestyle and producing American-Made BMX Parts”

Note: The build your own hub program is available direct from the Madera and Profile Racing websites and you can also have your local shop contact Profile Racing to get your hubs ordered up if you prefer that route! Can’t go wrong with that! Below you can find our video we put together back in 2013 that is less in-depth than the video above, but we did show some of the hub guard options that are available for the hubs as well.

You can learn more about the Build Your Own Hubs Program right here!

What do you think about the Build Your Own Hub program that Madera and Profile Racing offer? Do you have any questions? Let us know in the comments below and we can get you an answer!

One you have your hubs, make sure you check out our BMX Spoke Calculator to figure out what size spokes you need for your new hubs!