The New Phase Of Industry Nine is the culmination of innumerable miles on the bike and hours in the shop. An evolution from previous drive systems, their new HYDRA drive is a project over two and a half years in the making.
Hydra rewrites the rules with a monstrous leap to 690 points of engagement, or .52° between each engagement. The new Hydra drive system raises the bar on hub technology using an independently phased six pawl, 115 tooth drivering.
Thoughts => Like all their other products the new Hydra hubs are highly engineered, well made and jeweled components that will work perfectly on any bike. The insanely high 690 POE will be a delight while pedaling, providing nearly instant power to the drivetrain, and likely with that wonderful roar of the usual Industry Nine freehub whirl.
The innovative new design utilizes a continually phased system, creating a procession of engagement points between pawl and drivering. The design utilizes the inherent flex of the axle to accomplish positive second, third or fourth pawl contact. Hydra also tempers uncontrolled axle and bearing movements conventional designs can’t mechanically limit, thus improving bearing life and decreasing resistance. Hydra offers consistent, reliable engagement without overloaded bearings, axles or hub shells.
Hydra evolves the performance of their 2019 mountain and fatbike range in both Classic hubs and premium System wheelsets including our steel spoke S-Series. As always, riders can find their perfect adaptations with a universe of fitment, freehub bodies, hub and spoke colors, wheel models and sizes.
Industry Nine Classic hubs are the heart of your wheelset, everything revolves around them, literally. Every Classic mountain hub is made start to finish in our Asheville, NC machine shop. From turning and milling bar stock 7075-T6 aluminum for shells, axles, and encaps, wire EDM cutting A2 tool steel for pawls and driverings, to our own in-house anodization lab, every step of design, engineering, manufacturing, and assembly is done on premises to their exacting standards.
Hydra Classic mountain hubs are loaded with features every rider will appreciate such as revolutionary 0.52° engagement, generously low weights and an intuitive layout that can be serviced without any proprietary tools. Their range boasts a universe of standard options in terms of axle fit, spoke hole drillings, disc rotor mounting, freehub bodies, and colors.
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