Lynette here. You must have the Air Friday with a hub. Before you do a Loreena Bobbit on it, a) it's there to hold an extra waterbottle and b) it's handy if you want to put a front derailleur on it (from memory). Depending on your weight there are 24 spoke Velocity, Alex and M14A rims available - depending on what you have. That's about the limit of my knowledge at this point, so I shall defer to the  other techhies like Alvin et al and they can give you the good oil. In fact he might be able to do it for you but check if it voids the lifetime frame warranty - and that means lifetime. Or call BF service department.