Originally Posted by
bboy314
SRAM XDR + vintage road bike doesn’t generally work together and will be extremely limiting. Is there a reason you don’t want to use a hub/driver that’s compatible with your frame? Something like a classic Shimano Dura Ace/ultegra/105 would likely work great.
Otherwise you have about 10,000 great options for hubs, rims, spokes, etc. I know you are really resistant to relinquishing more details about your bike and use case but it would really help others help you with advice and suggestions.
There aren't really any details as I'm contemplating the build, and I'll be building up a frame. One of my challenges is that I have longer legs and a shorter torso than is typical for being 6' tall, making it unviable to buy a production frame. Carbon and aluminum are out as they are too hard to modify to fit, and I love steel frames (I'd still be staying with my '77 Colnago Super if I didn't have arthritis). I'm probably going to build a steel frame this summer or next when TitaniumDave has his next class.
The use case is purely pavement road riding. Fairly fast and hard as I'm a former racer and that's how I roll, with longer rides up to 75-100 miles. I weigh about 200# and carry a camelback and a tire change set. No bikepacking, touring or off-road, but to the extent San Diego roads are in pretty bad shape, they need to be tough wheels. I'm not interested in tubeless at this point, but that's probably irrelevant as most everything is tubeless ready at this point. I'll be using disc brakes. I'm not a true weight weanie, but weight does matter, although I think other things are more important, but I'm willing and hoping to be educated on that.
Hope this helps.
I'm curious as to your statement about SRAM XDR and vintage bikes. I currently have two older (maybe not purely vintage) bikes running XDR in the rear and they work great, with a limits on the gear spread on the cranksets.