I’m just bored. No business ideas here.
When I was into road bikes, I put all dura ace on my bike thinking it’s the bike that made me slow, that’s when I found out that it was me that needed to be replaced on the bike.
The only way around the friction disk is to machine a similar hub and go with a freewheel and disk brake, but I wanted the hotrod idea to be discreet. Might as well go with a modern hub and skip having to buy a metal lathe and drill press.
I know a guy who knew a guy that machined an old hub for better bearings, it might be an urban legend, I’ll have to shake the bushes around town and find the guy.