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Word

The hub that started all that single speed mountain bike silliness. The Wacky One-speed Rear Device.

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Technical Information

  • Material
    6061 Aluminum
  • Weight
    200g
  • Finish
    Anodized or Polished
  • Anodized Color
    Black or Silver
  • Dimensions
    Axle Spacing: 135mm
    Flange Diameter: 43m
    Center to Flange: 39.5mm
    Chainline: 52mm
  • Spoke Holes
    28, 32, or 36
  • Spoke Hole Diameter
    2.5mm
  • Freewheel Threading
    English 1.37x24tpi
  • Additional Information
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  • Axle Bolt Torque
    21 N·m

Product Story

When we first introduced our Wacky One-Speed Rear Device (W.O.R.D.), it was the first purpose-built single speed mountain bike hub. That original hub not only set design standards that continue to this day, like a 52mm single speed chainline, it also proved that small American manufacturers could stand out in a market increasingly crowded by bigger overseas brands.

When designing this modern version of the WORD, we spread the flanges out as far as possible while leaving room for freewheel threading. This allows the WORD to be built up as a strong dishless wheel. Over the years we’ve also improved upon the original axle and bearing adjustment mechanism to produce a single speed hub that we’re proud to call one of our “heritage” components.

The WORD comes with special machined axle bolts which we affectionately call “Fancy Bolts”. The washers are made of brass and have deeply knurled contact faces. This ensures they’ll grip onto dropout faces without marring the frame, yet will still be able to be loosened easily trail side.

The WORD can be easily adjusted with our cinch bolt style adjuster ring.

Spoke hole counts are available in 28, 32, and 36, and the spoke holes are chamfered and the flanges are canted towards the rim to reduce stress on the head and elbow of the spoke.

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HEY PATRICK WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT WEIRD MIC HEY PATRICK WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT WEIRD MICROFISHE LOOKING MACHINE?! “That’s our PJ-300 Optical Comparator. It’s a Mitutoyo like most all of our metrology instruments. (Metrology is the science of measuring). It projects a 2D profile image of a small part onto a screen with a grid. Using the grid, one can verify dimensions and inspect the part. It’s good at checking outer-diameter threads, as you can measure the depth of the thread (from the crest to root, so top of the point to bottom of the valley). So, you can check that depth on a thread chart to see if it is in range for the appropriate class of thread. We can also check groove depths, ect. It’s good at roundie bits. I also use it to check threading inserts and bore bars, as the tip of some of our tools are very sharp (little to no radius) which is not visible to my naked eyes. So it’s faster to check it (the tool) on the comparator then load it in the machine and make a part to find out the part is bad because the tool is bad.” Cool, looks fun, thanks Patrick!
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