I have spent quite a bit of time on DT Swiss 370 3 Pawl 36T hubs, Hope Pro 2/4s and some Superstar (rebranding Joytech?) 102 POE hubs. My 2 cents...
The DT Swiss hubs feel like they have bit too much lag in them when I switched to them but soon got used to them. Found I had to ratchet back further for those tricky janky climb sections.
The Superstar hubs amazing on the hardtail but could definitely feel the pedal kickback on the full suspension bike.
Hope Pro 2/4 - engagement is sufficiently better than the DT Swiss hubs than ratchety janky bits are less pot luck...but still loose enough that pedal kick back is significantly reduced. Probably my happy place.
One thing I have found is that going to flats, I'm less reliant on fast engagement on techy climbs as I feel like I have more room for error and bail out later as the threat of not unclipping and toppling over sideways (due to "play" in my knee) has disappeared. That might be just me though.
May 15, 2023, 8:31 a.m. - Dan Lees
I have spent quite a bit of time on DT Swiss 370 3 Pawl 36T hubs, Hope Pro 2/4s and some Superstar (rebranding Joytech?) 102 POE hubs. My 2 cents... The DT Swiss hubs feel like they have bit too much lag in them when I switched to them but soon got used to them. Found I had to ratchet back further for those tricky janky climb sections. The Superstar hubs amazing on the hardtail but could definitely feel the pedal kickback on the full suspension bike. Hope Pro 2/4 - engagement is sufficiently better than the DT Swiss hubs than ratchety janky bits are less pot luck...but still loose enough that pedal kick back is significantly reduced. Probably my happy place. One thing I have found is that going to flats, I'm less reliant on fast engagement on techy climbs as I feel like I have more room for error and bail out later as the threat of not unclipping and toppling over sideways (due to "play" in my knee) has disappeared. That might be just me though.