After killing the rims on my line comps with 108t upgrade I replaced them to some xm481s
After about 10 or 15 rides the drive ring detached itself from the hub shell, it literary started spinning inside the hub.
I suppose maybe I had higher spoke tension than the hub was designed for and it literally expanded the hub away from the drive ring. I also suppose the straight pull hubs are more resistant to this.
At any rate, rational or not, this experience make me distrust Bontrager hubs a little, and distrust any design with a drive ring that's pressed/bonded to the shell, it seems inherently compromised.
I feel like DT and King reliability is partly thanks to avoiding this.
I ended up buying some turbine R's because I think the inverted design of the vault avoids this potential compromise as well but with more POE.
Feb. 8, 2021, 6:58 p.m. - Kenny
After killing the rims on my line comps with 108t upgrade I replaced them to some xm481s After about 10 or 15 rides the drive ring detached itself from the hub shell, it literary started spinning inside the hub. I suppose maybe I had higher spoke tension than the hub was designed for and it literally expanded the hub away from the drive ring. I also suppose the straight pull hubs are more resistant to this. At any rate, rational or not, this experience make me distrust Bontrager hubs a little, and distrust any design with a drive ring that's pressed/bonded to the shell, it seems inherently compromised. I feel like DT and King reliability is partly thanks to avoiding this. I ended up buying some turbine R's because I think the inverted design of the vault avoids this potential compromise as well but with more POE.