john_childs;1147368 wrote:
A question for the KH/Schlumpf 36er owners. How stiff and strong is the
wheel? The flange width of the KH/Schlumpf hub is less than what I'm
used to with an extra-wide standard hub. It took some work to end up
with a 36" wheel that I found to be stiff enough and strong enough for
me and the extra width of an extra-wide hub was critical. Is the geared
KH 36" wheel noticeably less stiff?



I'm a big fan of the extra wide hub too. While I can't say if the
Schlumpf hub and KH 36 frame combo is narrower (Anyone know how much
narrower the schlumpf is than the wide UDC hub??) and therefore weaker,
but with my single speed wide ISIS hub and KH 36 frame . . . . . I'm
feeling like the reduction in hub width does result in a weaker wheel.
This is a limit for off-road riding, but the narrower hub seems fine for
road riding with a couple of caveats:
1. You gotta fiddle with the maggie brakes to get the shoes backed off
enought to not rub, yest still work as a brake. They barely do their
job.
2. You really have to dial in the higher spoke tension a lot more
precisely. You could go for years with a ex-wide hub with a lower
tension wheel build and never have to touch the spokes and ride over all
sorts fo crazy stuff, but the narrower hub build seems to need more care
and feeding/frequent truing.
3. I found that the bearings that came on the Nimbus ISIS hub were
loose/ defective and added to the lateral movement at the outside of the
wheel. I replaced the bearings and all is well with this
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