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I managed to get a cheap rear wheel with a DT Swiss 350 hub. I thought it was a 142x12 hub but it appears to be a 135x12 one instead. I have seen that you can get end caps to convert to the 142 width. Is that all I need to get to convert it? I swap the end caps and fit the wheel? Will there be any messing about with spacing out disc rotors etc ( like the hope boost conversation kits and the like)?
The internet is not being super helpful in providing answers to my questions!
Urgh wrong forum
The spacing of 142x12 is 135mm, there are just pockets in the frame that take the axle ends (135x12 floats in space). So no mucking around spacing the disc like a boost conversion. I think you'll just need end caps. Have a look on the dtswiss site. There is a very helpful page listing all the combinations and the part numbers.
wasn't it specialised who had a weird narrower through-axle rear hub on the old Crux ?
If you've measured it as 135, maybe you have a hub specced for one of those ??
You can find the DT article number here: https://www.dtswiss.com/en/support/conversion-charts/end-cap-solution-mtb-rear/
Literally just surprisingly expensive end caps. The rotor spacing etc is all identical on 135 and 142 hubs, it's only *ing stupid boost that *ed it up, the ****.
You could genuinely do it with a couple of washers, but that'd be an incredible pain