Hi,
Looking at buying some 29er wheels for my Salsa El Mariachi, narrowed it down to the two wheelsets mentioned. Any advantages of the Hopes over the XT's? The only one in my mind at the minute is being able to have a 9mm & 10mm through axle on the Hopes.
My main concern is getting spare spokes for the XT's if one breaks.
Not really bothered by the bearing differences, different horses for courses in my opinion.
Any of the STW Hive got any experiances with these?
Ta

