[kevjob]

I have the Intense 951 XC 29 wheels. I need a new rear rim that had a spoke break throught the rim. I have 6 bolt disc brakes, 15x110 front and 12x148 rear with Sram NX cassette and 6 bolt disc.

I assume I need an HG microspline for rear? Should I upgrade to sram XD and get gx cassette? Or go with shimano cassette?

My rim is 27 mm internal.

Any suggestions on sites to buy from?

Light bicycle any good?

Bicyclewheelwharehouse any good?

What should I paying about? Looking for trail riding, not super light but not enduro either.

I am hoping Intense warranties this wheel but will purchase a 2nd set regardless. I have a Trek Roscoe 7 I will ride in meantime.

 

[AKamp]

Pick up some Shimano 900 hubs. XTR internals in a less machined hub shell. Can be found for around 160 a pair. You will need a microspline cassette.

 

[TXNavy]

I have around ten road and mountain sets from Light Bicycle with a number of hub types, most bought direct from them. Their North America warehouse ships fast and is fantastic. I have rarely had to true them and bashed a few of them very had with no problems over ten years or so.

Used to love Chris King, Onyx from LB is a whole new level of low drag and fast engagement. Have two road sets and three mountain sets...they are pretty magic.

 

[DETarch]

Note that if you have an NX cassette currently, you do NOT need a Microsoline freehub- it will not fit an NX cassette. You just need a standard HG freehub if you intend to keep NX. Microspline freehubs are for 12 speed Shimano cassettes.

 

[palmasi]

I have the Intense 951 XC 29 wheels. I need a new rear rim that had a spoke break throught the rim. I have 6 bolt disc brakes, 15x110 front and 12x148 rear with Sram NX cassette and 6 bolt disc.

I assume I need an HG microspline for rear? Should I upgrade to sram XD and get gx cassette? Or go with shimano cassette?

My rim is 27 mm internal.

Any suggestions on sites to buy from?

Light bicycle any good?

Bicyclewheelwharehouse any good?

What should I paying about? Looking for trail riding, not super light but not enduro either.

I am hoping Intense warranties this wheel but will purchase a 2nd set regardless. I have a Trek Roscoe 7 I will ride in meantime.

Those were the stock WTB wheels? Did you add a decals? Ah, I see the red letters are stock on the XC

 

[palmasi]

Those were the stock WTB wheels? Did you add a decals? Edit: I see those do have red letters stock

 

[kevjob]

SO it looks like I need 12x148, 6 bolt with Shimano HG hub if I want to keep the nx cassette, should I upgrade to XD or microspine for extra wheel?


If Intense warranties this I assume I will get same hg hub and would need to keep the NX cassette for now on that rim.

If I keep the NX cassette for now this wheel works right? Level Nine Sports - Shopping Cart

I can get it this week as I just found out my Roscoe rear hub sounds like a gravel mixer which is a known issue I guess. I hope Trek will replace it under warranty seeing as I bought it this January.

 

[TXNavy]

SO it looks like I need 12x148, 6 bolt with Shimano HG hub if I want to keep the nx cassette, should I upgrade to XD or microspine for extra wheel?


If Intense warranties this I assume I will get same hg hub and would need to keep the NX cassette for now on that rim.

Well, this is where the "it depends" answer comes in. If you want to keep the rest of your NX drive train and use the same cassette for a long while, you could get a HG freehub on just about anything. Onyx hubs are pretty easy to swap freehub drivers, as are some other brands, so it doesn't preclude you from upgrading to a different freehub standard later. But depending on how long you plan on running NX 1x11, or swapping this wheelset onto a future bike, you may want to look at getting an XD driver with a SRAM or other 1x11 cassette so you could run SRAM Eagle 1x12 in the near future.

If you went Shimano Microspline you would be committing to upgrading to a Shimano 1x12 cassette, and the rest of the parts that come with it. There are no 11 speed cassettes for Microspline.

 

[kevjob]

Well, this is where the "it depends" answer comes in. If you want to keep the rest of your NX drive train and use the same cassette for a long while, you could get a HG freehub on just about anything. Onyx hubs are pretty easy to swap freehub drivers, as are some other brands, so it doesn't preclude you from upgrading to a different freehub standard later. But depending on how long you plan on running NX 1x11, or swapping this wheelset onto a future bike, you may want to look at getting an XD driver with a SRAM or other 1x11 cassette so you could run SRAM Eagle 1x12 in the near future.

If you went Shimano Microspline you would be committing to upgrading to a Shimano 1x12 cassette, and the rest of the parts that come with it. There are no 11 speed cassettes for Microspline.

I have the 12 speed NX cassette so it seems the easiest is to get a HG hub for now as drivetrain is only 4 months old. So far NX has been fine shifting wise.

 

[TXNavy]

I have the 12 speed NX cassette so it seems the easiest is to get a HG hub for now as drivetrain is only 4 months old. So far NX has been fine shifting wise.

So you have NX Eagle vs NX then? Page two here gets into cassette and freehub compatibility. HG is "10/9/8" speed:

https://www.sram.com/globalassets/document-hierarchy/compatibility-map/mtb/gen0000000006273-rev-a-2021-mtb-components-compatibility-map.pdf

 

[kevjob]

So you have NX Eagle vs NX then? Page two here gets into cassette and freehub compatibility. HG is "10/9/8" speed:

https://www.sram.com/globalassets/document-hierarchy/compatibility-map/mtb/gen0000000006273-rev-a-2021-mtb-components-compatibility-map.pdf

Ah yes I have the NX eagle 11-50 tooth. Would this wheel work? https://cambriabike.com/products/fo...9-boost-mtb-wheel-rear?variant=40711617085622

Just need something to get me rolling in the meantime.

I didn't realize there were so many different drivers, 20 years ago I had one! LOL...

 

[TXNavy]

Ah yes I have the NX eagle 11-50 tooth. Would this wheel work? https://cambriabike.com/products/fo...9-boost-mtb-wheel-rear?variant=40711617085622

Just need something to get me rolling in the meantime.

I didn't realize there were so many different drivers, 20 years ago I had one! LOL...

Yup, that will work!


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[DETarch]

The whole freehub compatibility issue is so convoluted, ha.

A mountain HG freehub is what your current wheels use, and it will work with 8/9/10 speed cassettes, non-XD SRAM 11 and 12 speed (i.e. NX or SX) cassettes, and 11 speed Shimano cassettes.

That SRAM compatibility table is a bit misleading since it doesn’t clarify the above. There is also a slightly wider 11 speed version of an HG freehub, but it’s road-specific. And you can still technically run anybody the above cassettes on it with a small spacer…but I digress, that’s not relevant here.

And yes, that wheel you linked will work with your current drivetrain.

 

[AKamp]

You can pick up some other 12speed HG cassettes. Garabunks are supposed to be pretty nice but you have to either order direct or from Europe.