Ever looked at your Superstar hubs and thought, these spokes could be sexier?
Well… a recently started project tackles this, creating a simple but slick spoke insert.
Feedback and ideas on the design are very welcome and will be taken into consideration, let’s get creative.
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The render above shows a fairly simple but nice design which could thus be machined for a reasonable price. Plus the “Sabrestar” could be used on the outside of the hub only, keeping the inner spoke stock is possible and can save costs while keeping the hub’s functionality.
Some prototypes will be CNC’d and tested in house soon.
Water Jet cut might be adequate, depending how precision or blingy you want to be.
If you’re redesigning the spokes, you have an opportunity to redesign the axle’s bearing assembly. You could use angular contact type bearings as Ernesto offers here.
Depending on what bearing types are available, you could offer assemblies to suit 8mm, 10mm or 12mm axles.
Great suggestion will definitely look into that. And otherwise we can still go for 4wd like @Andy87 and @Lee_Wright suggested
Some interesting ideas, but for the first version I think we will go with simple so the standard 6001 bearings can be used. And they will be milled to get a nice finish and 3D surface.
I do like the idea of @Minimadness to add an option which fits smaller 608 bearings to fit the hubs on longboard trucks.
Thanks @Nacho and @Acido glad you already like the current design.
@Andy87 also suggested an intriguing idea: a hub spacer to widen the hubs for wider tires in general or 9 inch tires for example.
yes please love your designs 
