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Fancying a new frame but it's got boost spacing 🙁 Everything from my current bike will fit straight on apart from my rear wheel. It's a nice wheel and I'd like to use it. Do these things work or should I just bite the bullet and get a boost rear wheel ?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F272972190027
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Wolftooth components do something similar called the boostinator for certain hubs, you would also need to get the wheel re dished as it won’t be centred on your boost frame.
Boostinator works well but you have to get the wheel redished too mate.
Sram wheel can't seem to find a boostinator kit to fit.
Flog your current wheel to a retro-grouch while it still has value and buy a Boost one.
Don't fund this marketing shite.
£16 for off the shelf bolts, a hope rotor spacer or two and a couple of 3mm washers (which is the only part that might be made to fit) seems excessive.
Plus, moving the cassette inboard 3mm might mean your rear mech struggles on the largest sprocket.
Anyone actually tried one though?
I had a local machine shop fabricate a new disc side end cap for my Acros hub, which was 6mm longer. Spaced the rotor over with 3 x 2mm hope washers and bought 6 longer rotor bolts. Dished the rim over 3mm
Probably cost me £40 all in, but that’s a LOT cheaper than an new wheel build, and I can convert it back in an hour
When faced with the same issue last Easter, I replaced the hub. The spoke length was only 0.3mm more in each side so I reused the spokes.
Taxi25, just about to modify a wheel using a version similar to the Wolftooth Boostinator kit, ie moves the hub over towards the cassette side by 6mm, wheel then requires a 3mm dish back towards the non drive side.
Never done it before so will report back later.
Too many Heath Robinson style approaches with faff content is enough to put me off.
When faced with the same issue last Easter, I replaced the hub. The spoke length was only 0.3mm more in each side so I reused the spokes.
This and I'm sure you'll be pleased you chomped that bullet - after all, you'll probably do it at some point anyway.
Cheers, as above might try and sort some spacers out myself. I can redish or build up a wheel myself so a new hub at least will be in my future, it's just about spreading the financial pain 😆
I use one on the front - I never bothered redishing the wheel though. Use the Wolftooth adapter as it just uses a longer adapter on the drive side & everything else lines up.
I’d happily use one on the back too - thankfully don’t need to as my rear is boost already.
oo many Heath Robinson style approaches with faff content is enough to put me off.
I wouldn't call a boostinator style kit heath Robinson. It improves spoke angle on the drive side over a standard non-boost hub, so all to the benefit over the original non boost hub configuration. Not as rigid at a boost hub (which offers rigidity you really don't need), but better than a non-boost hub. definitely a better option than needlessly replacing a hub.
My LBS said they'd re-dish a wheel for £20 assuming current spokes had enough length for it, so £50 or so will se you're wheel boostinated so much better than the couple of hudred quid for a new hub and the cost to rebuild the wheel.