I had a set of Hope Pro 4 wheels and I liked them a lot less for Vancouver riding after I got Hydras. But now that I've been putting in some miles in less extreme less ratchet-requiring places I can see how people could get on with lower engagement hubs. For sure on my gravel bike.
In Vancouver what I didn't like about the lower engagement hubs was the feeling of the hub almost falling into drive mode. There was a split second where I'm building up momentum, like taking the slack out of a tow rope, which I strongly disliked. In the olden days that momentum killed many freehub bodies.
May 15, 2023, 4:42 a.m. - Cr4w
I had a set of Hope Pro 4 wheels and I liked them a lot less for Vancouver riding after I got Hydras. But now that I've been putting in some miles in less extreme less ratchet-requiring places I can see how people could get on with lower engagement hubs. For sure on my gravel bike. In Vancouver what I didn't like about the lower engagement hubs was the feeling of the hub almost falling into drive mode. There was a split second where I'm building up momentum, like taking the slack out of a tow rope, which I strongly disliked. In the olden days that momentum killed many freehub bodies.