Velosolo bolt on hubs?

Now I am worried about cost instead of looks :-)

I'm more worried about durability ;)

You can pick up a Shimano M756 Disc front for under £23... New axle and spacers, £15 or less if you shop around and DIY it... Spokes, £10... Rigida DP18, £20-ish... Do the math! I've gone off Phils since my rear thread stripped... Meh...

I've never been on them myself, was never overly wowed by the design and never thought they were particularly durable, my Goldtecs on the other hand were excellent, those hubs were flipping awesome, not a single sniff of a failure.
Mind you the ridiculously overbuilt Profile lockring probably helped, I don't think i've seen another hub ever with such an outrageously bullet-proof looking lockring, and now Profile re-designed their shitty rear axle, the whole hub should be pretty damn good, i'm surprised more people on here don't run them to be honest.

I bought the hub on trials-forum.co.uk for a tenner, and I machined the axle and spacers myself. The Hope hub will definitely last longer than the XT, mainly thanks to it's sealed caartridge bearings.

I though cartridge bearings were more to do with ease of use than longevity, especially as the loose balls are much bigger than the balls in a sealed bearing which should make them better?

The Hope hub is no doubt a nicer and better made hub though but have to base it on RRP rather than a used example to make a fair comparison :-)

I don't know about the disk hubs but shimano hubs tend to be forged rather than the CNC of HOPE hubs. Forged = stronger due to grain of metal.

but I guess the shimano disk hubs must have to be CNCed a little for the mount, I can't see how you would manufacture it without some CNC work.

I'ver rebuilt a set of loose bearing Deore hubs, and am in the process of building some wheels based on Hope ProII hubs.

From inspection alone I'd say that the Hope hubs are a far superior design. I was under the impression that the cartridge bearing design, means that bearing wear is less likely to transmitt to the rest of the hub so quickly, and that they coped better in wet conditions.

I've got the the velo solo one on my cutter atm, and it's fine. It's only been on for a few months, but so far it's been great. Downside, i would say it's very heavy, and like others have said, not particulaly nice looking, but if you don't mind about a bit of extra weight and looks then they are great. Also velo solo do a 15t cog so it's a bit better for trick set up's with the smaller chain rings.

Downside, i would say it's very heavy,

Had to check that out (being a self confessed weight weenie!).
243g without skewer so guess your spokes and rim must have been the heavy part there :-)

I'ver rebuilt a set of loose bearing Deore hubs, and am in the process of building some wheels based on Hope ProII hubs.

From inspection alone I'd say that the Hope hubs are a far superior design. I was under the impression that the cartridge bearing design, means that bearing wear is less likely to transmitt to the rest of the hub so quickly, and that they coped better in wet conditions.

for me that is the beauty of cartage bearings, fucked bears != fucked hub with them.