uraz wrote:18T ratchet is fine unless you have to change gear (which btw. you do quite often on a road bike)
I'm not defending DT, but what does changing gears have to do with it? It's not like you stop pedaling to change gears.
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uraz wrote:18T ratchet is fine unless you have to change gear (which btw. you do quite often on a road bike)
ergott wrote:I'm not defending DT, but what does changing gears have to do with it? It's not like you stop pedaling to change gears.
bm0p700f wrote:And the dt road hubs will give a rear wheel that is laterally less stiff than the a wheel with the other hubs so that's the trade off you have made.
uraz wrote:Try 54T for some time and than switch back to standard 18T. You will feel the difference right away.
uraz wrote:ergott wrote:I'm not defending DT, but what does changing gears have to do with it? It's not like you stop pedaling to change gears.
I'm not changing gears under load if I don't have to, and this is all you need to disengage a freewheel (even when you don't stop pedalling). Any drop in power/cadence is sufficient to feel how 18T ratchet works.
bm0p700f wrote:Yes thicker spokes help but if you had used a hub with better geometry you could have used thinner spokes.
The Sapim CX-Sprint is the same gauge as the Sapim Race. Similar comparison between DT Aero Comp and DT Competition.BdaGhisallo wrote:bm0p700f wrote:Yes thicker spokes help but if you had used a hub with better geometry you could have used thinner spokes.
I guess you didn't read my comment too closely. I have a set built around a hub with better geometry and thinner spokes and they are not as stiff as the set built around the hub with less optimal geo and thicker spokes.