My new ride is a Waltworks and it's 157 SuperBoost, at Walt's insistence.
I was wary, as it's MUCH more difficult to find wheels/hubs anywhere between "junk" and "super expensive," but given what I was asking for (super short chain stays, 3" tires, etc etc etc), it was pretty much the only way forward. I'm running regular boost cranks, and but do I NOT LIKE that massive cog on the back- I've used it once in the last year, and the noise was ugly.
So: I'm pretty ok with SuperBoost, generally- I think it's fine, I guess. I wish SRAM made a cassette that wasn't a 10-52, and I'd rather have an 11-45 or something. Maybe I'll swap my cassette body to MicroSpline and grab one of those XT 10-45 or something? I'm already running a 30t chainring, and while I was skeptical, it's been great. Or, heck, maybe I'll go back to 11speed and do an 11-46 or something.
Jan. 10, 2022, 6:44 a.m. - nothingfuture
My new ride is a Waltworks and it's 157 SuperBoost, at Walt's insistence. I was wary, as it's MUCH more difficult to find wheels/hubs anywhere between "junk" and "super expensive," but given what I was asking for (super short chain stays, 3" tires, etc etc etc), it was pretty much the only way forward. I'm running regular boost cranks, and but do I NOT LIKE that massive cog on the back- I've used it once in the last year, and the noise was ugly. So: I'm pretty ok with SuperBoost, generally- I think it's fine, I guess. I wish SRAM made a cassette that wasn't a 10-52, and I'd rather have an 11-45 or something. Maybe I'll swap my cassette body to MicroSpline and grab one of those XT 10-45 or something? I'm already running a 30t chainring, and while I was skeptical, it's been great. Or, heck, maybe I'll go back to 11speed and do an 11-46 or something.