EasyPeez
Veteran
- Location
- Cottingham, East Yorkshire
Just having a browse at components with an eye on a possible wheel build for my single speed disc brake bike next year, and wondered what people riding similar use and would recommend. The bike will mainly be used for commuting so good bearings, general durability and ease of maintenance are my priorities, a bit of bling would be nice for when I get the bike out at a weekend, if it fits in my price range (prob around £300-400 total for the build).
Common sense suggests a flip-flop hub would be incompatible with disc brakes, so is it fair to assume the only way to have fixed and SS options with disc brakes is 2 wheelsets?
Also, not that weight is a major issue, but the SS hubs I'm looking at that list weights seem quite hefty, even in comparison to the not exactly ultra lightweight Hope RS4 hubs on my road bike (e.g Hope Pro 4 Trial rear hub is nearly double the weight, Chris Kings ISO - not that I'd be splashing that much - are 100g heavier) - are SS hubs generally heavier, and if so why is this?
Cheers,
Andy
Common sense suggests a flip-flop hub would be incompatible with disc brakes, so is it fair to assume the only way to have fixed and SS options with disc brakes is 2 wheelsets?
Also, not that weight is a major issue, but the SS hubs I'm looking at that list weights seem quite hefty, even in comparison to the not exactly ultra lightweight Hope RS4 hubs on my road bike (e.g Hope Pro 4 Trial rear hub is nearly double the weight, Chris Kings ISO - not that I'd be splashing that much - are 100g heavier) - are SS hubs generally heavier, and if so why is this?
Cheers,
Andy