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Front wheel seems fubard, keeps breaking spokes, radially out of true, spokes where out of true too tight to pull rim back in seemingly - so im looking for a new wheel.
I cant seem to find any shimano 20mm hubs which are not centrelock, adapter new rotor seems pointless expense.
Hope and superstar seem to be the obvious top and bottom choices, but what's in between? want a widish (19-21mm) rim.
Cheers
Kellie
having gone through lots of wheels, I would always recommend Hope hubs, decent price and really easy to home service. As for rims, DT Swiss 5.1 have done me proud but I am now moving to Stans flow
When you say 19-21mm, I'm assuming you mean internal width?
If that's the case, then you've got a lot of choice when it comes to rims, and loads of choice on hubs too. You certainly aren't restricted to Shimano centrelock hubs if that was your worry.
Depends on your budget, but you won't go far wrong with a Hope Pro2 front hub built onto either a Stans Flow or a Mavic EN521. Both these rims are circa 21mm internal width, you could go for a Stans Crest instead which is slightly narrower and lighter, but still reasonably wide also, but not as strong as the first two. Hope Pro2 prebuilt wheels aren't that expensive when you consider you can pick up a front wheel on its own for a little over £100, and the hub price is £55, the rim is £60 in the case of the Stans, and the spokes are probably £20 worth, so you're actually saving money buying a fully built wheel!
Looking on Superstar's website, one of their own brand Switch Front hubs on their own brand rim, built with double butted spokes, comes to £90 anyway. Personally, I'd pay the extra for a Hope wheel myself.
Or there's always ebay for a 2nd hand bargain possibly...
[url] http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mavic-XM321-Rim-Sun-Ringle-Abbah-Hub-20mm-26-MTB-Front-Wheel-/160779197414?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item256f2fdbe6 [/url]
[url] http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DT-Swiss-FR2350-front-wheel-20mm-red-/300695160800?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item4602d407e0 [/url]
[url] http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mavic-819-Front-Wheel-Hope-Bulb-20mm-Axel-/130678915526?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item1e6d1201c6 [/url]
etc.