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Hulsroy
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.