Yeah, I've always run mainly Shimano hubs and thought boutique hubs a bit of a waste of money. But since I had a little extra cash to blow and had a wheelset built around White Industry hubs, I get it. They're fantastic, and I'd have a hard time choosing anything else, excepting budgetary restraints...
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Leslie <leslie.bri...@gmail.com> wrote: > First wheelset Rich built for me, my 700c set, was on older XT hubs and > Dyad rims; just about perfect, for me. > The second wheelset he built for me was a 650b Synergy set, but switched > to LX hubs because he was out of the older XT hubs. Again, a great set. > The wheelset I built myself, I used 650b A23 rims with a DH-3N72 dynohub > with a 105 rear; they've also been trouble-free. > > Common thing among all of these: Velocity rims, Shimano hubs, and 36h for > each wheel. I'm not a little guy, I'm 250, I just feel 'more secure' on > higher-spoke-count rims. That was why I picked a N72 instead of going for > the N80 dynohub, as it only goes to 32h; if you want a Shimano dynohub in > 36h, you have to go back to the 72. (And, the 72 is still a good hub, > IMHO... the 80 is a little lighter, but, I'm not a hard-core gram-counter). > > I actually have another 36h N72 sitting on the shelf, for a future > wheelbuild. I would like a SON, I like their looks better, but, the > Shimanos are good value. (And, there's that other new dynohub, another to > consider.... Shutter Precision? But I want 36h instead of 32h, so, I will > either continue using the 72 Shimanos or have to bite the bullet and switch > to SON for 36h.... > > I think, though, for future wheelbuilds that aren't going to involve a > dynohub, I would look hard at White Industries. I've had several > wheelbuilders suggest them instead of Phils or Chris Kings... (and, no > one has ever recommended Hope? I don't know why...) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
