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@Olly398
Nice to hear a note of solidarity. Okay, that kinda gear is gonna load up the hub some! I've only been running 44/17, but on a 90's steel MTB frame converted to 700C. The geometry is compact and fun but the weight is almost all over the back wheel, so when you do a hop-skid, it doesn't slide along like a nice road frame on 21's, you stop bloody quick - but the torque loading the hub is massive.
This is why I was wondering about alternatives for such situations, where you know you are going to be subjecting a hub/sprocket to a lot of stress.