VELOCITY STANDARD ROAD FRONT HUB

Design and construction

The Standard Road hubshell is machined from aluminum with conventional J-bend flanges. Bearings are sealed cartridge units in common sizes, so replacement years down the line is a ten-minute job with a bearing press. The axle is a quick-release type in 100mm front and 130mm rear spacing.

Velocity USA assembles its hubs at the same Jacksonville, Florida facility where it makes its rims, which is why hub and rim colors match exactly and why the two are designed to be built together.

Because the front Standard 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

We build a lot of Standard Road wheels for riders replacing a worn factory wheel on a rim-brake bike who want something that will last.

A front wheel is where you feel a hub least and a build most. With no drive torque to carry, the front Standard 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

This listing

This is the rim-brake version: QR 5x100mm, 28h, 32h, 36h drilling, about 120g, in black, silver. Same internals and flanges as every other Standard; only the mount and axle differ.

No rotor mount here: this is the rim-brake version of the Standard, which drops the disc flange and the weight that goes with it. It suits rim-brake road, touring and track frames and it is often the lightest hub in the family. Disc-brake frames need one of the disc versions listed separately.

Sizes, fit and compatibility

The Velocity Standard Road Front Hub comes in the drillings listed on this page in 100mm front and 130mm rear quick-release spacing. It takes J-bend spokes in any gauge; we build most Standard Road wheels with DT Competition or Sapim Race spokes and brass nipples.

It pairs with the Velocity Deep V, Chukker, Dyad, A23 and Fusion, and with any rim-brake rim in the catalog that matches its drilling. Give the configurator your bike type and weight; it picks a sensible spoke count and lacing pattern, which you can override.

Put it in a custom wheel

Build a custom wheel around the Velocity Standard Road Front Hub — the link drops you into our Custom Wheel Program with this hub pinned, ready for you to choose the rest. It is set up for road rim brake, track and road single-speed and touring builds.

Building it at ProWheelBuilder

Velocity makes the Standard; ProWheelBuilder is an independent custom wheel builder in Georgia and not the manufacturer. Every Standard wheel we build gets spokes cut from the measured ERD of the rim, staged tensioning with a gauge, stress relief and a final true before it ships.

In the configurator you will only see parts that fit this drilling; combinations that are not made are struck through, and the price updates as you pick.