Hola! My first topic, so I thought I'd make it a difficult one..
After being let down by 2 different bike shops on cheap M965 28hole front hubs, I have a question.. Apart from the phenomenally expensive DT 240s hubs, are there any others out there, apart from new XTR (coz I'm stingy), that have 28 holes and take centerlock?
I would go for 3 bolt pro 3's but I've already ordered the Stan's rim and the rotor!
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Any *other* 28h centerlock front hubs around?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Spesh seem to make one called their Hi Lo disc hub, but it comes as OEM on one of their bikes, not as an aftermarket hub.
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I saw that, but yes.. it's only OEM.
I may have to resign myself to an M975 hub, but it won't match the rear and is £40 more.Posted 2 years ago # -
Why did you go 28h? That was silly! Coda also did an OEM one, you may find one of those.
Edit: Tune King? Still more than XTR, but cheaper than 240s, they come in 28h.
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I always thought that 32 holes was overblown.. Having never even bent a 32 hole front wheel I felt I could get rid of a few.
Tune and King are out as they are 6 bolt.. I like the idea of centerlock and stoopidly light rotors.
I'm leaning towards a hope Pro 3 SP-XC3 front wheel now though having seen the price compared to XTR + Stan's ZTR + Sapim C X-Rays!Posted 2 years ago # -
i have a set of Bonty Race X Lite wheels, that have 28 hole Hubs, centre lock and 240 internals, rims are a bit scratched in places, you could relace them with your stans, that's what i was gonna do....... but im off the bike for a bit so im selling them....
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Thanks for the offer Trev, but I've already collected the bits to make a rear wheel.
I also ordered a hope wheel earlier.. Should be lighter than what I had in mind with the XTR anyway, and saves me some faff of building it. I'm hoping now that 24 spokes isn't too few... I could stick my whole arm through that!Posted 2 years ago # -
I like the idea of centerlock and stoopidly light rotors
You're presumably aware that Centrelock rotors weigh a fair bit more than 6 bolt, and the adapters cancel out the weight if you use lightweight 6 bolt rotors? The lightest overall set up will not be Centrelock.
Sadly it won't be a Hope SP-XC3 either, but hopefully you'll be happy with it!
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That's OK.. I'm kind of using a weight saving/price thing to see what I can get, and the hope hoop works out cheaper anyway.. and 50g lighter than what I had in mind before.
I like centerlock because shimango rotors are strong like Ox.. and always come out of the packet perfectly round, but I can get the spanner out on this occasion!
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