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Howard-
Training/spare wheel's XT hubs are centre lock.
Thinking aloud:
I was hoping to drop the spoke count down to at least 28, of which the only Shimano option without a weird lacing would mean the CX75. Which are double the price of XT, weigh the same and have the same seals.
I suspect the best route would be to forget the weight of 4 additional spokes per wheel, stick to the XT hubs and use some lighter crabon rims.
Jon.
I knew I could rely on the bicycle industry to fail to standardise something you'd think to be relatively simple.
Anyone have any experience with Shimano? I've currently got some wheels built with XT hubs. sometime in the future I'd like to build a second wheelset primarily for racing that's a bit lighter. So probably using the CX75 hubs. No doubt switching between the mountain bike and road worlds within Shimano will cause issues.