Yeah, while there are a lot of bikes - like longer travel FS bikes - where hub engagement doesn't have the surprising added-fun effect that it did with this mullet hardtail, I'd always choose faster engagement if given the choice up to around 5°. I can straight-up notice the difference between say a 10° and 5° hub but once I go from a King to say a 1/1, to a P321, to a Hydra, to a Stealth clutch it all becomes much more academic.
Hold on to that used King. You can't buy 6-Bolt King hubs anymore so not only is it an awesome performing piece it's absolutely worth maintaining.
Dec. 16, 2021, 10:09 p.m. - Andrew Major
Yeah, while there are a lot of bikes - like longer travel FS bikes - where hub engagement doesn't have the surprising added-fun effect that it did with this mullet hardtail, I'd always choose faster engagement if given the choice up to around 5°. I can straight-up notice the difference between say a 10° and 5° hub but once I go from a King to say a 1/1, to a P321, to a Hydra, to a Stealth clutch it all becomes much more academic. Hold on to that used King. You can't buy 6-Bolt King hubs anymore so not only is it an awesome performing piece it's absolutely worth maintaining.