Royce make in my opinion anyway the best bicycle hubs in the world.
The bearings ae large 6001 NTN in the rear, steel axles, Ti freehub and
the best finish there is. These hubs however are even more special. Ti
flange and a carbon shell and a 2:1 (tiplet lacing pattern) for the
rear. The rear non drive side flange has been pushed far out board to
increase the bracing angle to compensate for the fact that the NDS only
has 8 spokes. These wheels ae the stiffest I have ever built and are my
wet weather/windy day race wheels although I will no doubt use them all
the time.
Weight 1590g so not
the lightest but the rims are wide and the wheels ae stiff so these
don't slow me down. I decided against aero spokes because the lengths I
needed were out of stock and I could not wait any longer.
Spoke
count front = 20 sapim laser/alloy nipples spoke count rear 16 DS sapim
race/alloy nipples 8 NDS sapim laser/alloy nipples.
Future models of these hubs will be made for 3x lacing DS I forgot to specify that so I got 2x lacing DS which is still fine.
These are mine and the cost of this wheelset would be £1224! Most of that is the hubs which are perfection.