Originally Posted by
travbikeman
I haven't bought the wheels yet. Still playing around with the different items on Pro Wheelbuilders site to make decisions on what I want.
Unfortunately, I'm stuck with a 10x135 rear hub, since I really wanted this bike for how it fits me nicely. But, I am not going to be riding it as rough as a number of you may do on your mountain bikes. I will not be doing jumps (well not big jumps...
) or Black rated trails. I didn't start feeling the sponginess of my current wheels until I graduated myself to blue trails. Well, the current wheels were not good on the rock gardens and now the spokes even start pinging on the green trails.
So on one hand, I'm not against having to do the maintenance. But on the other hand, the
SHIMANO XT FH M756 are what, 15 year old hubs now? Wouldn't mind something more modern, even though they are the old 10x135's.
decisions...decisions .... decisions.....
Regarding a 15 year old hub design i will steal a line of dialogue from the movie Roadhouse
"
BAr owner : "I want to hire the best :"
Dalton : "Then you want Wade Garrett" (while he chain smokes angrilly)
BAr Owner : "Wade Garrett's gettin' old "
Dalton: "He's still the best"
(But seriously, i havent tried the Bitex hubs myself so i cant call either one of them best or worst )
But i feel your pain if you are using the wheels on downhilly stuff -- when i first got my 29'er years ago , i took it down some bermed out blue trails in Winter PArk and they flexed so much i thought i would pop a tire off . When i inquired at the bikeshop, they just said - "Get carbon rims " and i was thinking -- great, 5k for a new bike and now i have to spend 2k more? No thanks
But now that i have some stiff carbon rims, im contemplating going backwards and lacing up a set of aluminum rims for better ride compliance on non bike park days - LOL