Early in 2016 SRAM introduced torque caps as an upgrade option to their Roam wheelsets. Designed specifically for Rock Shox fork, the upgrade served to increase the stiffness of the fork and wheel through an increase in hub end cap diameter. Soon afterwards, many other hub manufacturers started producing adapter and conversion kits for their hubs to take advantage of this innovation. As of March 2017, we offer Torque upgrades on our NOBL, Industry 9 Torch and Hope Pro 4 Evo wheelsets. So what are Torque caps, and do you need them? It all comes down to end cap width. Standard hub endcaps are 21mm in diameter, while the new Torque upgrade converts the hub cap ends to 31mm. The...
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