wheel building what would you do??

jonnyashworth

I have made my mind up to embark on a new project to build a new full sus bike up.
I have decided to stick with 26ers and build up a carbon SB66
A lot of the parts will be donated from my current full sus but I am debating what to do about the wheels!
Currently I run Hope Pro 3 SP AM 4's with Stans Flow rims which have been absolutely great!!
I would like to make the change to a carbon rim though now (something like the superstar AM ones).
I would like to invest in a truing stand and build the wheels myself as I figure its about time I learnt .
What I'm wondering is...... Should I stick with my Hope Pro 3 SP 4 Hubs?? Will my current spokes work with the superstar carbon rims??
Are there better lighter hubs I should consider and keep my current setup complete?? (eg pre built superstar carbon rims on telsa hubs??)

POAH

I'd stick with what you've got unless there is something wrong with them.

ride_whenever

Clearly POAH has never tried to build up a set of straight pull hopes.

Save yourself some bother and buy a set of regular hopes as they'll be a lot easier to build with. Also you'll probably need new spokes as it's hugely unlikely that the ERD of the two rims are the same. The other advantage of this is that by selling your current wheels you can probably offset the cost of the new hubs and spokes.

That said, bear in mind that the straight pull hubs have funny rotors.

POAH

ride_whenever wrote:

Clearly POAH has never tried to build up a set of straight pull hopes.

clearly ride_whenever doesn't understand my reply - I mean keep his wheels, not rebuild on the hubs.

njee20

Sell what you have and buy again. Sourcing straight pull spokes is a censored , building onthem is even worse.