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Thank you. I might just go for the 105 hubs then an live with a 2kg ish wheel set. Then buy a more race specific wheel set later on if I feel the need for it.
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so do the heavier novatec a171 f172
Glad I went with them then. Am about to build them with 38mm Chinese crabon rims and some no-name bladed spokes. Got them at cnc just like @Hulsroy . Plan is to copy my existing ebay wheelset ie 20h front (radial) and 24h rear (radial nds 2x ds). Regarding rear - any tips for lacing, do all the radials first and then ds with 2x?
Hulsroy
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@thecycleclinic
Hulsroy. I am going stop selling those novatec f482 hubs (they are not called x light) as i hardly sell any and nearly every time someone enquires about them i end up steeringbthem toward something else. They are race day hubs only and even then they sometimes suffer premature nds bearing failure. Even if the beairngs dont suffer premature failure thwy rarley last more then a few thousand miles before you have to change them. If you use them in the wet it can be alot sooner. Miche hubs give longer bearing life so do the heavier novatec a171 f172 or shimano hubs.
As for spoke weight i use 7.25g for a sapim race with brass nipple in 290mm length when estimating wheel weights.
There a few early disc cx bikes wwith 130mm old. It was obvious back then that standard was not going to last.