28 hole, 29er rear wheel?

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28 hole, 29er rear wheel?
blackmountainsrider
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I have some good quality lightweight 28 hole hubs going spare. I want to build them into a light but tough 29er wheel set.

Will they be stiff enough? Especially on the back? It’s to go on a 120mm travel Nike, that’s used for general trail riding. I’m around 72kg so nor too heavy.

I’m not sure whether a rim like an arch mk3 will be stiff enough? Or maybe a light bicycles carbon job?

Posted 7 years ago

mattyfez
Full Member

4 more spokes on the back isn’t much weight, im not sure I’d skimp forbthe sake of a few gramms personally.

Posted 7 years ago

PaulGillespie
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I had a specialized enduro 29er hire bike for a few days and it had a 28 spoke rear wheel, can’t say I noticed any flex. I was riding some tough trails with rocks and jumps etc and weighed about 100KG including kit/water etc.

For general trail riding I think you’ll be fine as long as you use a good rim and spokes, i’d go for a DT Swiss EX 471 personally.

If I was building wheels from scratch, i’d go for 32 hole but if I had really nice 28 spoke hubs, i’d just use them.

Posted 7 years ago

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papercutout
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New Trek X-calibers (and presumably Superfly’s etc) come with 28 hole rims/hubs, so look at Bontrager suff.

Posted 7 years ago

philtricklebank
Full Member

The 2016 Nukeproof 290’s were on 28 spoke SRAM Roam/Rails. Make of that what you will.

Posted 7 years ago

13thfloormonk
Full Member

Yep, got a shock when I realised the wheel set on my new Superfly was 28 spoke. Holding up fine so far and I’m not exactly flyweight…

Posted 7 years ago

jimw
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My DT Swiss XM1501 29er wheels have 28 spokes, they seem perfectly stiff enough and I weigh 90kg.

I also have a 29er rear wheel with only 20 spokes that has lasted nearly four years and is still as straight and true as the day I bought the bike. Thats is certainly stiff enough

Posted 7 years ago

hatter
Full Member

DT do the XM481 in 29″ 28 hole, good mix of weight, width and toughness.

If you were a bit heavier or riding a bit more ‘gnar’ I’d nudge you towards the tougher EX rims but you should be fine with XMs.

Posted 7 years ago

TrailriderJim
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Spank Oozys here with 28 holes back and front. Holding up superbly well. Six months in and perfectly true. I think I notice some flex sometimes (it’s hard to tell!). What I have done though is not gone lower than 30psi after wrecking my Hope Enduro rear running lower pressure.

Posted 7 years ago

blackmountainsrider
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thanks for the feed back.

I think ill give them a try

Posted 7 years ago

Gee76
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28 holes dt Swiss hubs here with dt revs and…. Carbon rims too!!!… No spontaneous combustion as yet 😉

Posted 7 years ago