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Old 06-25-19, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Rajflyboy
Now with the invention of super boost size Hubs have the manufacturers gone to far in continuously changing hub sizes?

If I have a good set of wheels I’d like to put them on my new mountain bike (and not have to buy another new set of hubs/wheels every time I buy a new bike.

or are people ok with the constant changes and cost involved with buying the latest and greatest ?

There is no "they" and there is no "people" there are only individual manufacturers and individual customers.

Every part of a bicycle works with every other part. If you want the "latest and greatest" of anything, you are going to have to put up with some other changes that were necessary to make "latest and greatest" work. There is a body of customers who live for that.
If you want long lived component commonality, that's out there too. It just won't also be "latest and greatest". You get to decide which is more important to you as an individual.
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