MBS Rockstar Pros

After my Rockstar hubs went a bit 50p shaped, decided to upgrade to the Rockstar Pros

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Not a huge amount to say about them, except the ride feels a bit smoother due to less wheel wobble than before.

To give a indication of weight difference, the Pros weighed between 163-165 grams, whilst the Standards weighed 140-141 grams. Weight in both cases did not include spacers, bearings, or tyres, but did include nuts and bolts. This equates to a weight increase of around 94 grams for 4 tyres i.e. not very much really.

Converting the hubs over took around half an hour although most of this was taken hunting round for a correct size spanner and removing the old Rockstars, them being quite a tight fit onto the tyres. One method that worked really well was to pop the really sticky ones into the freezer for 15 minutes. This either causes the hubs to shrink slightly, or the tyre to become rigid enough to come straight off. Tip taken from mbs.com.

The benifits of the Pros are as follows as taken from ATBSports website:

The Extra strength allows them to be run on harder pressures for higher speed and faster accelleration on race tracks. The web design also adds extra side forces strength for kite flying. Available as just hubs or with bearings and also as a single hub for replacements and now in Black and Gold options as well as the chrome standards.

The outer rim edges are the same as a standard hub so they can be run at all normal pressures without breakages they do not need to be run max pressure.

These are also narrower than a standard rockstar making the tyre sit higher and run faster. All in all the top of the line hub that performs as well as it looks.