Product Review: Chub Hub?

Ugly as fucking sin. Totally fucking ugly.

http://velospace.org/node/10706
chub hub's can be sweet. (look at this one)
my friend has one and says it's fashion over function. but it rolls well.

whats good about chub hubs?

it was an early attempt at a carbon-bodied hub, and the size was part of the attempt at strength. Then they became vogue and stuck with the design.

can anyone help in this forum with choosing a good brand for a flip flop hub?
i recently got a new bike its free wheel, and i wanna keep the best of both worlds.
i just dont know any good brands
recommendations?

you can mount a freewheel to a fixed/fixed hub with no problems. i would say just go with a formula hub.

ok thanks guys!
i know i know ive heard fixie is awesome and im sure it is but i did read on some other forums that had some good points and if yore goin for longer distance rides and higher climbs or if you are just a lil too tired at the end of the day.
im sure i wont use it that much but id still like to have it whenever i do wanna freewheel it up!
thanks again guys for the help.

if you want to drop some coin then go with Phil's. always good to have the option even if you never use it.

Posted By: hardsole5280You will fatigue much faster riding a single speed then a freewheel. Regardless of the distance, or the terrain. Fixed gears by nature are more efficiant to ride. This is due to the cranks, pulling themselves over top dead center- increasing the effective pedal stroke equalling more power.

I find the second half of this discussion extremely biased considering we're on a fixed dominated website. That theory is great if you're riding on flat ground or even uphill, but as soon as you hit the slightest downhill, there's no way that logic makes sense anymore. Some cities are perfectly flat, but mine is nothing but hills, and you could save a ton of energy by coasting downhills or on flats occasionally, instead of pedaling your ass off downhill just to keep up speed.

As far as never going back to freewheel after riding fixed. I assumed the same thing for years, but after a while I started enjoying freewheeled bikes again, even bikes with gears, which I swore would never happen. It doesn't hurt to keep some brakes and a freewheel on the other side. Even though you don't see many serious bike kids riding single speeds, I think half the reason is just because there's enough jerks on fixed gears that you can't ride a single speed in public without getting heckled. "hey man, when're you gonna flip that wheel around like it's supposed to be??", etc...