Thread: Shimano's Dura ace 2x9 with Deore XT 8 SIS???
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Originally Posted by Jeff Wills
It's a bit of a kludge
I think you mean, it's a wonderfully elegant solution.

OCRs are a free lunch; they cost no metal to improve the spoke angle and make the NDS spokes work, making a normal wheel much stronger, OR a 8/9/10 126mm wheel so feasible, it's a bit stronger than a normal 130mm wheel.
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