For riders who want the ultimate balance of reducing weight and rolling resistance.

325G (pair) | 7.5 deg engagement angle | 24h Front/24h Rear

The Purpose

The HUNT Sprint SL hubset is further refined utilizing exotic 6066-T6 aerospace materials a reduction of material in low stress areas to offer a lighter weight design while maintaining the benefits that matter most to our riders: fast engagement, durable construction, and exceeding reliability. The outcome was a hub set, weighing in at just 346 grams per pair that has a higher-grade alloy construction in an absolutely minimalist hubset built to withstand the rigors of road and gravel riding and racing.

The CeramicSpeed Coated Bearings are a further 75% tougher than their standard hardened steel races and boast an average lifetime 7.5 times longer than other non-coated solutions. While longevity is of paramount importance, so too is resistance to corrosion. The coated bearing solutions are designed and tested extensively to ensure that failure due to corrosion is negligible. In addition to increased longevity, the even and smooth surface on our coated bearings ensures reduced friction levels, leading to a solution that combines both durability and supreme rolling on varied terrain.

For a full comparison of our bearing packages, read This Guide.

Technical Features

6066 T6 alloy construction
Engagement angle of just 7.5°
3x Leaf-sprung, treble-tooth pawls
48 tooth drive ring
Steel Spline freehbub body reinforcement insert provides excellent durability against cassette sprocket damage to the freehub often seen on standard alloy freehub bodies.
15mm diameter hub axles, made from 7075 alloy with circular dropout interface steps adds stiffness
Front hub: 95 grams. 24-hole
Rear hub: 230 grams, 24-hole (with XDR freehub body installed)
Centerlock disc rotor interface
Polished anodized black finish with laser graphics
Measurements for wheel building

The Purpose

For a full comparison of our bearing packages, read This Guide.

Technical Features

6066 T6 alloy construction
Engagement angle of just 7.5°
3x Leaf-sprung, treble-tooth pawls
48 tooth drive ring
Steel Spline freehbub body reinforcement insert provides excellent durability against cassette sprocket damage to the freehub often seen on standard alloy freehub bodies.
15mm diameter hub axles, made from 7075 alloy with circular dropout interface steps adds stiffness
Front hub: 95 grams. 24-hole
Rear hub: 230 grams, 24-hole (with XDR freehub body installed)
Centerlock disc rotor interface
Polished anodized black finish with laser graphics
Measurements for wheel building

The Details

Materials

Our in-house engineers utilize FEA software to digitally shift material from low stress areas to higher stress areas resulting in a lighter weight, robust and durable straight-pull hub shell. HUNT Sprint SL hubs start as a block of aerospace grade 6066 alloy. After cold-forging and pressing the material into the rough hub shape, this process aligns the grain structure and reduces machining time and waste, they go through a T6 heat treatment to make them stronger.

The hubs are then machined and anodised, before machining again, to get the bearing faces to the required tolerances. Within the shell, we use a 15mm diameter axle made from 7075-T6 alloy, offering incredible yield strength and UTS (Ultimate Tensile Strength).

Pair of HUNT SL Sprint hubs

Bearings

The Sprint SL hub system features four bearings in the rear hub and two in the front, each spaced as far outboard as possible in the shell for lateral rigidity. We offer riders multiple high performance bearing options to best suit their terrain, riding conditions, and preferences.

Freehub Details

For our freehub systems, we strive to deliver the features that matter most to the rider. We utilize a tried and true, easy to maintain design that is constructed of 7075-T6 alloy. The mechanism consists of a leaf-sprung, three-pawl driver, with three engagement teeth to each pawl, meshes with a 48-tooth steel outer drive ring that is threaded into the hubshell. he system provides 9 points of contact with an engagement angle of just 7.5°. For the rider, this system transfers pedaling input immediately, whether you’re powering up a steep climb or sprinting through the final turns of a criterium. There is also a Steel Spline Insert re-enforcement to provide excellent durability against cassette sprocket damage often seen on standard alloy freehub bodies.

Freehubs

Same Performance, Less Noise

Our hubs have a brilliant, yet subtle buzz when coasting. A lot of variables can affect the acoustics when you begin to coast, including the volume of air space in the hub, the thickness of the hub shell, the number of engagement points, the stiffness of the leaf springs, the level and type of lubrication, as well as the speed at which you are coasting. Based on rider feedback, we have refined our “buzz” with a set of pawls installed with slightly rounded off tips and also a set of leaf springs which have a softer preload. The result is a quieter, but not silent, ride when you begin coasting. (Learn more about freehub sound from the experts at GearPatrol).

freehub Pawls

Proven in Competition

Sprint SL hubs have sat at the heart of our road performance wheels for years, and have been validated at every level of racing, including Grand Tour stages victories, one-day classic podiums, national titles, countless classification jerseys, and all types of racing in between.

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SPECS

Weight: 95-gram front, 230-gram rear, 325g pair
Engagement Angle: 7.5 Degrees
Engagement Mechanism: 3x Leaf-sprung, treble-tooth pawls, 48 tooth drive ring.
Axles: 15mm Diameter 7075 alloy high- strength axle.
Spoke Holes: 24 Front, 24 Rear
Freehub Options: Shimano HG, XD/XDR, Campagnolo N3W (Ekar)
Disc Rotor Interface: Centerlock (6-bolt adapters available separately here)

Validated By The The Experts

Tyler Benedict - BikeRumour

“For a road wheelset, 7.5º is on the quick side, and I appreciate this. There’s less lag when resuming pedaling from a coast, and it gives the wheels a higher-end feel…more polished.” - (44 Aerodynamicist)

Stu Kerton - Road.cc

“Pick-up from the pawls in the freehub is instantaneous, which removes any slop when you hammer on the pedals from a standing start or when exiting a tight corner that you've freewheeled through.”- (48 Limitless)

Ashley Quinlan – BikeRadar

“The hubs feel smooth and efficient, taking a satisfyingly long time to spin down when wound up on a service stand.”- (48 Limitless UD)

GST Wheels 2

HUNT Sprint SL CeramicSpeed Coated Hub Set