BITEX MTF FRONT ISO 6 BOLT DISC HUB

Design and construction

A front hub is two bearings, an axle and a pair of flanges, and the MTF does each properly: sealed cartridge bearings in common sizes that any shop can replace, a hollow alloy axle with swappable end caps, and flanges spaced wide for the rotor side so the wheel is laterally stiff. The shell is machined from aluminum and anodized black. Bitex pairs it with the MTR rear hub, and the FB MTF is the fat-bike version.

J-bend flanges in 28 and 32 hole, 6-bolt rotor mount, quick release or 15 x 100 and 15 x 110 Boost thru-axle with end caps.

Because the front MTF has no freehub, it is the hub that asks for the least: a spin of the axle to check the bearings once a season and nothing else. The flanges, bearings and seals are the same as the rear's, the axle converts between the front standards with end caps, and the rotor mounts the same way. Choose it to match a rear of the same model, or on its own for a fork that needs a new front wheel.

How it rides

There is nothing to go wrong in a front hub except the bearings, and the MTF's are sealed and cheap to replace. It builds into a stiff front wheel on a Stan's, WTB, DT Swiss or KinLin rim, and it is the front hub we build most on budget-conscious trail and gravel wheels.

A front wheel is where you feel a hub least and a build most. With no drive torque to carry, the front MTF can be laced two-cross or even radial on the non-rotor side on a rim-brake bike, which makes a lighter, more direct-feeling wheel; on a disc bike we lace both sides crossed so the rotor's braking torque has spokes to pull against. Either way the front wheel is the one that steers, and a stiff, true front wheel is most of what makes a bike feel precise.

Specifications

Which version this is

Version notes. 6-bolt rotor mount, QR 5x100mm, Thru Axle 9x100mm, Thru Axle 12x100mm, Thru Axle 15x100mm and more, 24h, 28h, 32h, about 182g, in black, blue, lime green, red, silver. If your frame or fork uses a different standard, the other versions of the MTF on this site cover it.

Six-bolt is the original disc mount and still the most universal: any ISO 6-bolt rotor from any brand bolts straight on, rotors are cheap and easy to find anywhere, and the six-bolt flange is a robust, simple interface that has been on mountain bikes for twenty-five years. Centerlock rotors do not fit it.

Sizes, fit and compatibility

The Bitex MTF Front ISO 6 Bolt Disc Hub comes in the drillings listed on this page with the axle options shown in the configurator. J-bend spokes in any gauge; we build most MTF wheels with Sapim Race or DT Competition spokes and brass nipples.

It pairs naturally with the Bitex MTR rear, and with Stan's Crest and Arch, WTB KOM, DT Swiss M 462 and XM 421, KinLin TL and Velocity Blunt rims that match its drilling. Tell the configurator your bike type and weight and it suggests a spoke count and lacing pattern to suit.

Build a wheel around it

Offered for gravel and road disc, track and road single-speed, touring, tandem and e-bike, mountain bike and MTB single-speed builds in our Custom Wheel Program. Start with the Bitex Mtf Front ISO 6 Bolt Disc Hub and the configurator pins it for you, then checks each choice you make against it.

Building it at ProWheelBuilder

Bitex makes the MTF in Taiwan; ProWheelBuilder is an independent custom wheel builder in Georgia and not the manufacturer. The build is the same every time: measured ERD, spokes cut to the half millimeter, staged tensioning with a gauge, stress relief, a final true, and tubeless tape and a valve on request.

The configurator shows only rims and spokes that fit the MTF drilling, strikes through combinations that are not made, and prices the wheel live.