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Hi,
I have a 2008 enduro with E150 forks and the 25mm hub, has anyone replaced the standard wheels with something better and know of anyone else that does a 25mm hub?
Or have you sent your hub off to be built on to something new and who can you recommend?
Thanks
Had a bit of a look round this time last year and found nothing
Sorry
There's a old thread on mtbr in spesh forum, there ARE a couple of hubs.
I think Industry 9 do a hub with adaptors for 25mm but they're very expensive.
There's a magura one too iirc tbh if you need new wheels I'd just upgrade the fork and get away from Specialized's annoying and limiting standards, I did the same after getting tired with the hub issue.
I used it as an excuse to learn how to build wheels, so in my case 'Specialized's annoying and limiting standards' set me free.
And is it really a standard when it's a specific hub on a specific fork?
I don't think the semantics are important tbh :p
Thanks all, I have considered changing the fork, but by the time I have done the fork, stem & wheels may as well buy a new bike really, so thought a change of wheels will keep me going another year or so and then perhaps a new bike next year!
I like the idea of building a new wheel...do I trust myself though!!
If the hub is OK, why not have a rebuild into another rim? It'd freshen it up nicely.
Yep, as above I9 make some super shiny ones.
However, as others have said, a rebuild on your existing hub, assuming it's still OK, would be my chosen route.
fresh bearings to suit your Stout 25mm hub, and rebuild into a new if needed
front hubs are simple, compared to rear hubs which have freehub mechanisms....
what's up with the current wheel?
bearings are cheap, if the rim is trashed then a new one will work just fine. If you like the fork then there's no reason to change.
Nothing wrong with it at all, replaced the bearings not long ago, I just find the wheels to be weak and of poor quality..but they are still mostly round so its a 'want' scenario rather than a 'need'
thanks
So are you running roval traverse wheels now? We have a few of the "old" e5 traverse sets and found them excellent! they do come with a 25mm convertor.
Simone
No they are DT swiss wheels - I will check out the Roval Traverse though, thanks