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I am thinking of getting a genesis croix de fer. However, I do like the sound of hope hubs and am looking to buy a secondhand set for commuting and fitting say 700x 25 or 700 x 28 tires.
I think the OLN is 135mm, does this mean that 29er hubs and rims would fit?
Also will the 29er rims take the narrower tires?
thanks
I called Madison about this as I've a CDF and had the same issue. The guy there said go for a set of Pro 2s on Mavic Open Pro 700c (road/cyclocross) rims to be safe. They are 15mm wide so obviously more a road rime than a MTB 29'er.
But... if you look up the Alex rim that comes on a deore hub as the bikes standard build, its a 18mm wide rim. Therefore its actually arguably more of a MTB 29er rim than a roady 700c. So I reckon if you wanna go with a MTB 29er set, so long as it's not too wide and the rim profile isn't too high, you'll be OK.
Yup, you'll be fine. Road spacing is 130mm, track bike / fixie is 120, and mountain bike is 135mm on the rear. As the CdF is a disc bike, and disc-specific road hubs are few and far between (and invariably expensive), then 135 is the way to go - although it does change the chainline a little.
Regardless, you have a 135 spaced frame, so go crazy with the Hope stuff.
29er rims are 700c - so the diameter is fine. If you have a wide-ish rim, then you probably want to go for a larger than usual volume road tyre for commuting (Don't bother getting cross tyres for commuting unless you commute offroad for the most part) I run 28c road tyres on my cross bike for this reason. Don't worry about rolling resistance, by the way - thinner tyres are a little more aerodynamic, but also have to run at higher pressure to achieve the low r-r benefit, which makes them a little less comfortable than a big volume tyre at a lower pressure. If you're commuting, I'd go big tyre, low pressure for the sake of comfort.
HTH