Madera and Profile come from the same factory and share some of the same components. Both companies’ hubs should be used with and have special hub guards available. These guards are specifically designed for our hubs and do a great job of protecting your investment as well as making riding […]
It would take a year’s worth of posts to cover all the Profile hub and rim combinations. To make things easier for you, below is a quick list of the most common combos we offer here from the Profile factory. Note: We only carry Sun Rims. In the event that […]
Another FAQ, but better to describe with photos. In this process, we’re using it to install a 19mm spline drive gear onto Profile 19mm No Boss Cranks. We hope this helps? To install your cranks and spline drive gear or spider, first start with your bottom bracket tube spacer […]
If you have another size bottom bracket shell or different style bottom bracket bearing such as an Internal Euro, Spanish, Mid, or an American BB kit, it will not matter what style or size Profile or Madera cranks you have.
Depending on what style of riding you’re doing, the debate can get heated as to which Profile Crank set will work better for you on the freestyle end of things. Below, I will list some facts and offer what I’ve seen work over time and what works for which of […]
We’ve been getting a lot of questions on how to properly convert your Profile Elite MTB 10/11 Speed hub (Same hub shell can be used in all configurations) from a 135mm to a 142mm x 12mm Thru (and vise versa). Here’s a photo showing the four 135mm Axle/Cone and driver […]
While on the Maiden America Shop tour in 2017, a question was brought to our attention on the ZCoaster outer support bearing. Why does that bearing spin inside the ZCoaster shell? Is it supposed to do that? And is that bad? To answer your question: it’s part of the design. […]
We’ve been getting questions lately regarding the ratchet rings inside our cassette hubs. The most common misconception is that the ring is part of the hub shell. In fact, it’s actually a separate piece that we hand thread in with a special ratchet ring tool when building the hub. The […]
We’ve been getting a lot of inquiries for diagrams of our Rear Elite MTB hubs. Although we recommend taking your hub to your local bike shop (they will have correct hub bearing presses), if you don’t have easy access, above is the exploded internals of our hub. Pictured above is […]
When it comes to choosing a spline drive sprocket for your race rig, Profile Racing offers four options. While we’re getting into that, let us give you an additional brief history of our spline driven, race gears. The first race specific spline drive sprocket Profile produced was the Elite, 19mm […]
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