Another day, another wheel (and so on).
Continuing from the other day.
I'm rebuilding the CREST rim front wheel as a rear wheel, swapping out
the non-BOOST standard XT hub for a BOOST standard Chinese-made hub.
ZETTO P3 BOOST hub, 32H, laced semi-competition 4-cross JIS pattern.
I'll do the spoke nipple installation later.
Apparently when they got a new frame it turned out to be BOOST standard,
and that seems to be the only reason for this rebuild.
The thing is, the latest 12-speed Shimano groupset
initially forbade third-party manufacturing of microspline,
and they still haven't released an electronic groupset
like they did in the 11-speed era,
doing all sorts of things that turn users away,
so most of the racers around me have switched to SRAM anyway,
and I thought they might have bought a hub with an XD freebody.
Shimano hubs are relatively cheap if they're not XTR,
so if it were 28H where the available grades and specs are limited, maybe,
but for 32H I thought an XT BOOST hub would be fine,
but they may have avoided Shimano hubs with the idea of converting to XD in the future.
The current XT is the M8100, but
all the rear hubs have microspline.
The M8000-series rear hub with HG freebody in BOOST standard 148mm width,
the FH-M8010B,
only comes in 32H but hasn't been discontinued.
For the front hub there are differences like hub body color,
but buying the HB-M8110B should work.
So I checked the inventory for those too, and
FH-M8010B 32H only - out of stock, scheduled for January 23, 2024
HB-8110B 36H - in stock
HB-8110B 32H - out of stock, scheduled for July 12, 2023
HB-8110B 36H - out of stock, scheduled for February 13, 2024
That's hopeless.
With flanges this large
I can do 32H 8-spoke lacing,
so maybe I could have gone with a 48-spoke pattern instead.
Continuing from the other day.
I'm rebuilding the CREST rim front wheel as a rear wheel, swapping out
the non-BOOST standard XT hub for a BOOST standard Chinese-made hub.
ZETTO P3 BOOST hub, 32H, laced semi-competition 4-cross JIS pattern.
I'll do the spoke nipple installation later.
Apparently when they got a new frame it turned out to be BOOST standard,
and that seems to be the only reason for this rebuild.
The thing is, the latest 12-speed Shimano groupset
initially forbade third-party manufacturing of microspline,
and they still haven't released an electronic groupset
like they did in the 11-speed era,
doing all sorts of things that turn users away,
so most of the racers around me have switched to SRAM anyway,
and I thought they might have bought a hub with an XD freebody.
Shimano hubs are relatively cheap if they're not XTR,
so if it were 28H where the available grades and specs are limited, maybe,
but for 32H I thought an XT BOOST hub would be fine,
but they may have avoided Shimano hubs with the idea of converting to XD in the future.
The current XT is the M8100, but
all the rear hubs have microspline.
The M8000-series rear hub with HG freebody in BOOST standard 148mm width,
the FH-M8010B,
only comes in 32H but hasn't been discontinued.
For the front hub there are differences like hub body color,
but buying the HB-M8110B should work.
So I checked the inventory for those too, and
FH-M8010B 32H only - out of stock, scheduled for January 23, 2024
HB-8110B 36H - in stock
HB-8110B 32H - out of stock, scheduled for July 12, 2023
HB-8110B 36H - out of stock, scheduled for February 13, 2024
That's hopeless.
With flanges this large
I can do 32H 8-spoke lacing,
so maybe I could have gone with a 48-spoke pattern instead.