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Monday, April 13, 2026

Wheels For Gen I

The Gen I Fargo is a lifer here at Guitar Ted Productions. This will likely be a bicycle I keep until I cannot ride anymore. It's been configured in many ways since I brought it home late in 2008, but there has only been one time I really ever had a nice wheel set on it. 

That was when I ran the Edge (now Enve) carbon rimmed, DT Swiss hubbed wheel set I built up back in 2008. I ran those wheels on the bikes for a while but they ended up on the Fargo a time or three. 

But now I don't have anything great to run on this bike, and that is mostly due to the fact that the Fargo is 135MM/100mm rear/front quick release standard. A standard barely supported by the cycling industry these days. 

So, anyway, the search is on for some hubs that won't cost an arm and a leg which I can base a wheel set off of which will be the (hopefully) last wheel set I ever put on the Fargo. These wheels do not have to be carbon rims, but they also could be. 

I hope to get something put together, (either by myself or ???), soon and be able to use this bike later this Summer with a really nice set of wheels on there. So, stay tuned. And by the way, if you have any suggestions for nice QR wheels, let me know. 

3 comments:

  1. I'm sure you can still get a DT hub, probably a 350, in a QR setup. That's probably what I'd do. Hope probably still has QR hubs too.

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  2. You could try the Bitex BX201FG or MTF front hub along with an MTR rear: https://www.bikehubstore.com/category-s/140.htm. Both are available with QR and we have a set in current use.

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  3. UPDATE: I have a set of hubs sourced. See Wednesday's post for the reveal. You all will be surprised. I know I was!

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