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it's novatec/ hubsmith (i believe) with kinlin rims
I don't think those are Kinlin rims? As for hub failures, yes I've read they did have some, but have moved on from that. As ever, the package looks good, and support too.
I like Hope's pitch for their hubs and am surprised to hear they've had failures with their own-branded rim. Hubs that can be repaired, rebuilt, and re-purposed are a good thing imo.
My target bike is a Fairlight Secan and I see they have dropped Hunt wheels for their standard builds, which now come on Hope wheels built by Arkane Wheelworks — who I think are on here?
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Oh right, no mention of niobium so maybe not. it also seems the built QC isn't there for Hunt, though hard to quantify that. nothing wrong with kinlin rims, just that Hunts are all commodity parts widely available elsewhere.
the kinlin rd-3ft rim which are on that Ryan builds wheels item, are good and wide, i have them in 650b form on hope hubs built by SBC - true after gravel and road use for almost 3 years. arkane is @broken_777. I would personally rather wheels built by a person i've been in contact with, than en-masse somewhere.
@monkdagola doing gods work 🙏
I also have the old 20Five rims w/19mm internal, GP5000s went up and sealed very easily, teravail cannonballs took a load of sealant
stelfox
it's novatec/ hubsmith (i believe) with kinlin rims. Hope hubs will last longer, Hunts dont have a great QC reputation - you could get arkane to build you with same/ equivalent (or better) parts and better built
or this https://www.ryanbuildswheels.co.uk/product/club-gravel-disk-brake-wheelset/