i am considering having tubeless wheels built for my ageing rigid karate monkey.
my LBS suggested i build around my existing surly hubs, but i don't want to use my existing surly hubs because they are on another single speed i don't ride, and i don't want to use a bolt-on rear wheel. the hubs i'm currently running are from an '07 KHS solo one which has been ridden a fair amount over the years but not on anything ultra-gnarly.
i'm 5'10 and a pot-bellied 190 and will be using the bike mostly for short medium rides on moderate trails (mostly widely space roots and a few rocks) with no sustained climbs and maybe two or three rides a year which would involve long, hateful road and fire road ascents.
mind you, i'll be riding my geared trail bike four or five times for every time i ride the SS.
currently, my wheels are sun rhino something or the other rim brake rims laced to whatever generic hubs KHS used on the solo one. i asked the LBS to convert these wheels to tubeless but for whatever reason they declined, and i implicitly trust the owner's judgement. he's suggested building tubeless wheels around these hubs, the reason being a 135mm rear single-speed specific hub might be a bit costly.
now i'm thinking about going ahead and having him lace a new tubeless rim to the generic front hub and building an entirely new tubeless wheel around a single-speed specific hub in the $200 range if one can be found.
i see the hope pro 4 SS hub can be had for under $300 but a conversion kit is needed for 10x135QR .
i also see this velocity 10x135 hub for a very reasonable price, but i don't know anything about them or if my LBS can source it:
https://www.bikemania.biz/velocity-atb-single-speed-disc-rear-hub.html
admittedly, i'm not extremely knowledgeable in the realm of single-speed wheels and hubs, so any insights pointing me in the right direction you can give me are appreciated.
so to recap, i want to lace a new rim and spokes around my current generic front hub and new rims and spokes around either my generic (10x135) rear hub or a new one--on a single speed i don't ride often, but often enough to want tubeless wheels.
my LBS suggested i build around my existing surly hubs, but i don't want to use my existing surly hubs because they are on another single speed i don't ride, and i don't want to use a bolt-on rear wheel. the hubs i'm currently running are from an '07 KHS solo one which has been ridden a fair amount over the years but not on anything ultra-gnarly.
i'm 5'10 and a pot-bellied 190 and will be using the bike mostly for short medium rides on moderate trails (mostly widely space roots and a few rocks) with no sustained climbs and maybe two or three rides a year which would involve long, hateful road and fire road ascents.
mind you, i'll be riding my geared trail bike four or five times for every time i ride the SS.
currently, my wheels are sun rhino something or the other rim brake rims laced to whatever generic hubs KHS used on the solo one. i asked the LBS to convert these wheels to tubeless but for whatever reason they declined, and i implicitly trust the owner's judgement. he's suggested building tubeless wheels around these hubs, the reason being a 135mm rear single-speed specific hub might be a bit costly.
now i'm thinking about going ahead and having him lace a new tubeless rim to the generic front hub and building an entirely new tubeless wheel around a single-speed specific hub in the $200 range if one can be found.
i see the hope pro 4 SS hub can be had for under $300 but a conversion kit is needed for 10x135QR .
i also see this velocity 10x135 hub for a very reasonable price, but i don't know anything about them or if my LBS can source it:
https://www.bikemania.biz/velocity-atb-single-speed-disc-rear-hub.html
admittedly, i'm not extremely knowledgeable in the realm of single-speed wheels and hubs, so any insights pointing me in the right direction you can give me are appreciated.
so to recap, i want to lace a new rim and spokes around my current generic front hub and new rims and spokes around either my generic (10x135) rear hub or a new one--on a single speed i don't ride often, but often enough to want tubeless wheels.
