After shearing the axle on a Trek wheel (after 1500 miles and lota of drops) and bending the Axle on a Mondraker wheel (in less than 100 fairly easy miles) I think I may need a burlier wheel.
I've looked at Hunt wheels but they have a 120kgs upper recommended rider weight limit which I'm quite close to. What does the hivemind suggest?
It sounds like hub strength rather than wheel strength is what you need. Hunt use a variant of Novatech hubs - but they don’t change the standard axle. I’m not sure if they’re strong or not.
I’d suggest you need a good quality hub that has good spares availability - and build it into a 32 spoke enduro / downhill style rim.
Hope hub would be a good shout.
DT Hybrid wheels, marketed for EMTB but standard boost fitting so will fit any Booost frame and forks.
150 KG weight limit, pretty much designed for exactly what you're describing.
Same bike Dom?
is there an issue with the thru axle?
Yes mate, same bike. The thru axle looks ok to me, what should I be looking for?
The DT is 150kg for everything (body weight + bike + equipment), the Hunts are 120kg for the rider only. The Hunts are 32H, the DTs are 28 hole. There doesn't seem to be much in it to me, other than the DTs are over twice the price.
I have a set of the hunt mason things for cx which are rated 100 kg (that's me au naturel), had to stick the rear on my MTB and it's been fine. I float like a butterfly though, it depends on how / what you ride.
Weight limit is bobbins really as a 70 kg shredder will murder wheels, but a 100 kg bimbler will get years out of a wheelset.
120 kg fella throwing the bike around is a different story, right enough.
Basically that the hub is supported properly* Dom. it's kinda odd that you're snapping and bending hub axles just through normal mtb use. Were either of your hubs run with bearing play at all?
interested in whether your thru axle had sustained any damage from the hub axles snapping/bending. I assume your thru axle a standard straight 12mm section design.
* eg Mk1 Hope proII (IIRC) rear hubs axles used to fail pretty regularly from not being supported properly on thru axles.
I use August Bicycles hand built, I've done 2 weeks in the Alps, numerous BPW trips over the last year and they'r holding up fine.
They're Hope hubs with DT rims, stainless spokes and brass nipples.
I'm not light and by no means delicate.
Can you find anyone local who could make a steel axle to replace the alu one in the hub of your choice?
