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Hi everyone, while we are in a lockdown and we have some spare time I was thinking getting myself into a trouble and build new 29'' wheelset.
And straight into a problems 🙁
My old 29 wheels are 36 spoke, Stans No Tubes rims with KT loose bearing hubs. Hubs internal races worn out, it's time for new hubs. Good make hubs will need new spokes to be laced on existing rims. So I was thinking to build a new wheel set for the additional rim costs.
Would going to 32 spoke wheels have impact?
32h wheels seems to be more popular, not much 36h rims or hubs on the market. Still can be sourced, but comes with the price
Rim weight limits
Could somebody explain in more detail.
DT Swiss HX491 rims weight limit 150kg (E-MTB approved)
No Tubes Arch rim weight limit 130kg
Both these rims 36 hole and 32 hole have same weight limit.
Does that weight limit calculated per wheel set? Or that's for one wheel, which means double weight limit (assuming weight distribution 50/50) on a bike.
I am quite heavy (but slim 🙂 6'10" tall), 100-95 kg plus adding bike weight and bikepacking gear total weight is getting close to 130kg or even over.
Thank you
I'm a good bit over 110 kg in the buff (probably quite a bit more after the last couple of months) and have been riding a set of 28 hole DT swiss XM481 for the last year or so without any issues at all. These only have 120 kG listed for their max system weight so I can only assume that figure is per wheel or that it is a little on the conservative side (though I can't say I get more than a couple of feet of the ground these days and don't live anywhere too rocky)
If theres a weight limit its riser not wheel - how many 260kg riders do you see?
36H a bit stronger, never seen it quantified.
And...35kg bike packing weight? I doubt it, will be a lot less.
Looks like there is a definition of the maximum system weight from DT Swiss in their intended use guide (rider + gear + bike + luggage) but they also give some guidance on the intended use for each rim type.
So, for example, while they may say the XM series rims are only good for riders (with bike and kit) up to 120 kg, they do also say they should be good enough for these riders to be taking off four foot drops. This will also hold true for all of the variants of the rims they sell so even the 28 hole versions should be capable of handling these loads (I would expect 32 or 36 hole build will take even more again)
So, if you’re looking for something to go bike packing with I would say anything rated for use category four or above would be absolutely fine unless you were really pushing on towards 260kg.