WHITE INDUSTRIES CLD FRONT BOOST CENTERLOCK DISC HUB

Design and construction

Rotors mount by centerlock, end caps swap for 12 x 100 and 12 x 142 thru-axle or quick release, and the CLD+ version covers Boost MTB spacing.

Every part is replaceable and White Industries still stocks spares for hubs it made decades ago. Anodized colors match its cranks and headsets.

The logos are engraved after anodising rather than before, cutting back through the color to the bare aluminum underneath. It is why the lettering on a White Industries hub stays crisp and keeps its contrast instead of softening as the finish ages.

A front hub is a bearing carrier with flanges, and that is the whole job of the front CLD: two sealed bearings on a stiff axle, end caps for your fork's standard, and flanges spaced to give the spokes a good bracing angle on the rotor side. There is nothing to engage and nothing to swap. Everything written about freehubs and engagement applies to the rear hub only; what you get up front is the same shell quality and the same seals without any of the moving parts.

How it rides

It is the hub we suggest for a road, gravel or touring disc wheel that the customer intends to keep, and for anyone who wants an American-made hub in a color.

On the road or the trail the front hub's job is to disappear: spin freely, keep water out, and hold the flanges still so the wheel tracks where you point it. The front CLD does that with the same bearings and seals as the rear and none of the rear's complexity, and because a front wheel carries less load and no torque it stays true longer than the rear on the same rim. When the rear finally needs a look, the front usually does not.

Specifications

Which version this is

Version notes. Centerlock rotor mount, Thru Axle 15x110mm Boost, Thru Axle 12x110mm Boost, 24h, 28h, 32h, 36h, about 164g, in polished, black, blue, gold, pink, purple, red. If your frame or fork uses a different standard, the other versions of the CLD on this site cover it.

Centerlock is the lighter, quicker rotor mount: a splined rotor drops onto the hub and a single lockring holds it, so a rotor swap takes a minute with a lockring tool and there are no six small bolts to torque or lose. Shimano and most current road and gravel rotors are centerlock; 6-bolt rotors fit with an adapter.

Sizes, fit and compatibility

J-bend spokes in any gauge; we build most CLD wheels with Sapim CX-Ray, Laser or Race spokes or DT Aerolite and Competition and brass or alloy nipples.

It pairs naturally with HED Belgium, Boyd Altamont and CCC, DT Swiss RR and GR, Velocity Aileron, ENVE G-Series, Reserve and Nox gravel 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, mountain bike, MTB single-speed, fat bike and touring builds in our Custom Wheel Program. Start with the White Industries CLD Front Boost Centerlock Disc Hub and the configurator pins it for you, then checks each choice you make against it.

Building it at ProWheelBuilder

White Industries makes the CLD in Petaluma, California; 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 CLD's drilling and color, strikes through combinations that are not made, and prices the wheel live.