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If you're having aero rims, how many spokes are you planning to build the wheels with? Dura Ace are only available in 32h and 36h as far as I know. Cheaper options would be Novatec or Formula track hubs (I've used Novatecs - they're basic but they work perfectly well), or Zeniths (similar to the Novatec and Formula hubs but slightly better sealed).
As for which is best, I don't think there's anything on this forum which is generally agreed upon. Except, perhaps, that Rod Liddle is a cunt.
Brommers-
Rod Liddle is a cunt
From what I gathered, that is mostly undisputed.
Regarding spoke counts, there's two factors:
- I'm a heavy rider --> up the spokes count
- I'm currently eyeing up Light Bicycle's carbon rims, and according to Roger Musson's wheel-building book that everyone loves, carbon rims can deal with fewer spokes --> reduce the spokes count
So all in all, I'm thinking 32h is probably fine, which, as far as I can see, looks like the most common number anyway. Do you have any strong opinions on that?
In any case, thanks for your answer :)
- I'm a heavy rider --> up the spokes count
SwissChap
Track hubs for road use:
So before I go down the road of brute-forcing it with an extensive multi-day google spree, I thought I'd tap into the community knowledge here. Does someone either have a link to a good resource, or a quick and dirty guide to which hubs I should be interested in / looking out for in the classifieds etc.? Not looking for a dissertation on the topic, but just a few sentences could already help. Thanks a lot!
Relevant info:
From a quick search so far, everyone goes on and on and on about Phil Wood (too expensive for me though), and Dura Ace 7600s come up time and again too. Is there some 'conventional wisdom' on this, that people have generally agreed upon?