I bought a wheel off of the classifieds recently, but was a little gutted to find that the rim had at some point been crushed in transit. There is very little I can do about it for a variety of reasons.

However….

Maybe ‘a phoenix from the ashes’ moment? I fancy building the Hope XC hub into a 29er wheel for my singlespeed. So the questions are;

1) what spokes should I use? Need to be light but cheap.
2) what rim meets the same criteria?
3) does anyone else use an XC as a hub for a 29er wheel? If so, how do you find it?

hub will be fine

rim depends on usage

Dt spokes

I had an old Hope XC (rear) built up onto an Arch 29er rim. Works a treat. Lots of long rides over the winter & it’s holding up well. Probably the most reliable hub I’ve ever had actually. DT comps on mine as they’re my default choice (and brass nips…alu are the work of the devil).

A (decent) hub is a (decent) hub is a (decent) hub – will work fine.

I got some cheap ACI spokes – in between DT rev and comp in weight and about 40p each IIRC, some low key online guys, search my threads maybe.

I built some old hope bulb hubs onto 29er Arch rims with DT db spokes for the commuter and it works a treat.

Excellent – thanks for the responses.

Rim will be mainly XC stuff, but I’m a whopper (17.5st) so needs to be strong…

I’ve had Halo 29er rims for over 4 years now and they have been perfect.

Try these guys for spokes. I use the ” Alpina ACI S brand SSDB Spoke” and they’re no different to DTs in any real world way.

http://www.sdeals.com/oscommerce/index.php/cPath/35_54