Wheels For Gen I: Update

Post 'mud-year' DK200 overhaul

Monday I posted about wanting to find some hubs to lace up a nice wheel set for the Gen I Fargo. If you've looked at what is out there for quick release hubs it won't be a surprise to you that prices are astronomical for new, high-end hub sets. And there are not many of them available either! 

Well, an odd set of circumstances has led me to a hub set I already owned once before. The timeline for this is crazy. 

In 2007 I received a set of wheels for a build up of a custom bike I was having brazed up for me. I was a member of the Twin Six Racing Team, (Really!) at the time and it was a perk I had gotten for being a Twin Six team member. This wheel set had a set of Chris King hubs. Being it was 2007 they were quick release and six bolt rotor interface models. 

Moving ahead several years I took those hubs out of the original 700c wheel set and relaced them to 650B Velocity rims. (or were they WTB rims? Oh well....) These were shod with the then new WTB Trailblazer 27.5" x 2.8" tires. I ran those on the Fargo Gen 2 I used to own and those were ridden in the 2015 DK200. The infamous "Mud Year" of that event. Then the wheels were moved over to a Trek Sawyer I used to own until I sold the bike with the CK hub/27.5"er wheels to a fellow named Ben. 

Well, Ben read my post on Monday, hit me up to ask if I wanted to buy the hub set from him, which he was not using, and I said "Yes!" So, in a little while I should have those old Chris King hubs back again. Like a bad penny.... Ha! 

They should be good to go. Ben said he barely rode them before he decided to go a different direction with wheels. I had overhauled those wheels post-mud year, and later that same Summer used them for the GTDRI and Odin's Revenge, plus all the rides on the Sawyer and they were great for me. 

So, hubs have been sourced. I'll give them the once over after they arrive. Now it is time to do a bit of rim shopping. Since I saved on the hubs, (Ben shot me a very fair price), I can look at maybe getting some carbon rims. Stay tuned.... 

PSA: Tomorrow there will be a slew of Press Releases connected to what is being shown at Sea Otter. Keep scrolling the page for all the news!