Tag Annular Bearings

Component Makers, Maxi-Car

Maxi-Car History: A Timeline of Key Bearing and Hub Events

Maxi-Car did one thing and did it better than anyone else: make great bike hubs. The marque is a braid of three separate French houses that include a Lyon artisan who patented the application of demountable annular bearings to the…

Eric Anschutz
September 4, 2026

Component Makers, Maxi-Car

Maxi-Car and the Old Roller

Just last week I was cleaning out my parts bins to make some room in the garage when they reappeared. Submerged in a pile of old purple anodized mountain bike components that were thoroughly thrashed, I came across a few…

Kurt Gensheimer
January 28, 2006
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