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Rob Atkin":1x5uxgdb said:I had some wheels made with 2011 Shimano Deore XT hubs, no disc mounts. Don't know if they are easily available where you are, I got mine from Merlin Cycles (not the ti people, the bike shop) in the UK. I see them quite often on ebay going quite cheap as most people want disc hubs. NIce quality, sort of light grey in colour, I got black QR's.
Yeah, I found a set of modern XT hubs without disc mounts. (Just looked them up, and they're the T780 ones).
However with the recent change in plans, I probably won't use them after all.
And while I'm posting, I'll give a quick update.
The front mech and chain had some rust problems, so they're now bathing in Cola (the real one, of course. My bikes don't drink Pepsi). Keeping the chain rust-free afterwards shouldn't be much of a problem, but the rust on the mech's cage might be a bigger issue.
The rear mech and the cantilevers have all been taken apart, degreased, regreased and put back together.
The headset cups are now in the frame, but their base plate needs to be swapped from the RS racing fork to the rigid Sbike fork. Unfortunately I'm not tooled up for that and my LBS is on holiday. I need to visit him anyway, because I'm also out of cable end caps.
To make matters worse, I noticed that the 46T chainring on my crankset has been bent. I hope I can straighten it out, otherwise I might have to look for another one.
And here's the big issue : the cassette's lockring is seized. No matter how much weight and force I put on it, it won't budge. This is going to be a fun build ... :evil:
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EDIT : @ yetidh9 : That Zaco is nice indeed. Might look into getting one of those.