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re:Disk road/cross bike for winter training
In category Tech issues
Written by thersupermikey

I'm thinking about a disk brake cross bike for primarily winter road riding. I've read the previous related threads. My reason for wanting disks is that it rains fairly constantly here (Hood River, OR)
in the winter, and daily riding involves significant climbing and descending. The roads are covered with cinders or sand in the winter, and rim brakes work poorly, eat through rims and pads, and

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re:Hub recommendations
In category Tech issues
Written by Ryoma

Instead of getting a new road bike this fall I am getting myself a kick bum pair of wheels built up for my current road bike. I am looking for recommendations on hubs and I consider the desired traits I value the same as I do for mountain wheels. In my view here are my qualifications in order:

1. smoothness of the bearings
2. durability of the hub overall
3. strength of the axel
4. light weight
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re:Real hubs
In category Tech issues
Written by mkov311

Seems like there are some good deals on Real cassette hubs (in road and mountain spacing). Does anyone have knowledge or experience of these?

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