I hate the officially stated ideas for Super Boost like most people. I don't want 3" tires, super short chainstays, etc. But the way WAO is using it (with regular Boost crank) is a compelling argument. We're not roadies, most of our revolutions are on the largest 1/3 of the cassette, especially the biggest cog. We have data to back that up from the AXS app. So it stands to reason that the only reason we should be messing with rear hubs at this point is to optimize chainlines, not making it worse (55mm? WTF).
My GG bike is spec'd with the hub dished 3mm to drive side, with similar intent. I can tell you from first hand experience, it dramatically reduces the wear in the big cogs. On my X01 cassette with about 1,000 miles on it, most of the wear on the anodizing is about 2/3 of the way down the cassette. Unfortunately, while this is a good engineering idea, they've gone to standard Boost chainline for the fully Revved carbon rear end, presumably to let people let off-the-shelf wheelsets. I get that reason for selling more bikes to the lowest common denominator, but it only took my mechanic about 15 minutes to redish my old wheels into the GG frame.
Jan. 10, 2022, 8:45 a.m. - Andeh
I hate the officially stated ideas for Super Boost like most people. I don't want 3" tires, super short chainstays, etc. But the way WAO is using it (with regular Boost crank) is a compelling argument. We're not roadies, most of our revolutions are on the largest 1/3 of the cassette, especially the biggest cog. We have data to back that up from the AXS app. So it stands to reason that the only reason we should be messing with rear hubs at this point is to optimize chainlines, not making it worse (55mm? WTF). My GG bike is spec'd with the hub dished 3mm to drive side, with similar intent. I can tell you from first hand experience, it dramatically reduces the wear in the big cogs. On my X01 cassette with about 1,000 miles on it, most of the wear on the anodizing is about 2/3 of the way down the cassette. Unfortunately, while this is a good engineering idea, they've gone to standard Boost chainline for the fully Revved carbon rear end, presumably to let people let off-the-shelf wheelsets. I get that reason for selling more bikes to the lowest common denominator, but it only took my mechanic about 15 minutes to redish my old wheels into the GG frame.