LeVel Components


Bolt-On Freewheel.... Still in the Prototype stages. I am hoping to have it available this summer. Disc Rotor.... Still in the Prototype stages. I am hoping to have it available this summer along with the Freewheel The pics below illustrate the concept from beginning to the patent stage. The one on the left is the culmination of several ideas from doodles and random thoughts to wishes and engineering background concepts. The pic on the right is one of the many actual diagrams as submitted to the USPTO.

Design Criteria
I narrowed down my goals to these six criteria.

Develop an alternative to the threaded lockring for fixing a sprocket to a hub
To be able to swap the hub from track bike to mtb, swap the spacers, flip the cog over and have everything line up
Same spoke length front and rear, left and right; same bearings too.
Take a full century of complacency with a flawed design and through it out the window
High flanges so you can repair a broken spoke on the drive side even if you are running a large cog
To be completely serviceable using standard tools (you can press the bearing in with the cog and spacers in an emergency situation)

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