Harry Quinn 653 Winter Training Build

Wheels (again):

If I'm using Athena then I don't think 5800 hubs will suit the build. I know that they are very good hubs for my intended use, but that level of clashing is something I'd rather avoid. Also, I'm not even sure if you can buy 5800 rear hubs with a campagnolo free hub body?

Looking at campag hubs reminded me of a wheelset I have sitting in my cupboard from a 9 speed bike I had a couple of years ago (this is making me sounds pretty old I think, I'm only 21). They are Open Pro rims (plenty of life in the brake surface) laced onto old Campag mirage hubs, 32 spokes each. Perfect. Well, nearly- the front hub needs some attention, but being cup and cone, I should be able to sort it out with some patience. Also, the Open Pro rim is pretty narrow and over on the wheelbuilding thread the consensus seems to be that anything over 25mm will be a bit squirmy.

This isn't a massive problem as I'll likely be running 25mm initially but would like to experiment with 27mm to take advantage of the greater clearance on the Quinn frame (I'll post about this below). In order to save some dollar until I've shifted some bike bits, particularly the Colnago frameset, I will run these wheels to start with but still with a plan to build up my own at some point.

I think an interesting option to consider when selecting the hub for the build is using shimano 11 casettes/chains on campagnolo drivetrain; Lennard Zinn says here that it works perfectly. This might mean that it is still worth building on a shimano 11 free hub, the advantages being:

1. Cheaper casettes (Ultegra currently £32 chaper than chorus)
   
2. Not needing a £150 tool to install the oem chain
   
3. Perhaps easier to sell- the majority of people are after shimano free hubs. Thinking about it, this is very marginal and I don't really plan on selling some wheels that I have built myself anytime soon.
   
4. Possibly more versatile- can be used with shimano 9,10 drivetrains, but then it can't be used with campagnolo 9 & 10. Swings and roundabouts, I guess I just have to decide which I'm more likely to use these wheels on in the future.