[rideit]

ok, so my new bike won't be built/available until around June next year (Inshallah!)
It will most likely be boost.
In the interim, I want to order a Crabon wheelset from LB, and am curious if a standard 15/110-12/142 set will be upgradeBle to boost with a few spacers. Anyone know how this works? Would running the same spoke offsets negate any (this is bound to cause an argument) benefits of boost from a strength perspective?
Hope this q makes sense...

 

[kidwoo]

wolftooth makes a thing for that

boostinator

 

[Tom Ritchey's Moustache]

What he said ^

Front hub adapter is just an end cap for the non-disc side. Rear hub adapter is an end cap, rotor spacer and some longer rotor bolts.

Then you re-dish your wheels.

 

[Jm_]

If your hub uses end-caps, like most quality hubs do, probably take the end caps to a local machinist shop and say "make these 3mm longer".

 

[Tom Ritchey's Moustache]

Would still need the rotor spacer on the rear, plus the longer bolts. Not that you couldn't get around that too at the machine shop, but how much would all that hassle really save?

 

[HAB]

Would still need the rotor spacer on the rear, plus the longer bolts. Not that you couldn't get around that too at the machine shop, but how much would all that hassle really save?

Negative money. Unless you're doing it yourself or have a buddy who will, no shop is making those for under $40.

 

[djjohnr]

I've been using the Boostinator rear Hope kit all year, no issues. If Lindarets/Wolf Tooth don't make caps for your hub, there's a guy whole sells a universal kit on eBay. I've used that as well, the downside is having to keep track of the end cap spacer when changing tires, and getting it all lined up when installing your wheel takes a little more work.

 

[rideit]

Thanks guys, now I can go piss away money with little concern.
If any new info on this comes up, please post...

 

[Tom Ritchey's Moustache]

Negative money. Unless you're doing it yourself or have a buddy who will, no shop is making those for under $40.

So, pay more money for more hassle and no guarantee the shit will work?

That don't make no sen .... wait ... I forgot that this is the bike industry we're talking about. Makes perfect sense.

 

[jonKranked]

pick your poison: boost, super boost, ultra boost, mega ultra boost, mecha boost

 

[iRider]

pick your poison: boobs, super boobs, ultra boobs, mega ultra boobs, mecha boobs

FTFY

 

[jonKranked]

FTFY

kill list.

 

[kidwoo]

kill list.

Hey man, he respects your lifestyle choices, you should respect his.

 

[Jm_]

Would still need the rotor spacer on the rear, plus the longer bolts. Not that you couldn't get around that too at the machine shop, but how much would all that hassle really save?

Well, seeing as the wolf tooth adaptors apply to just a few types of hubs, possibly a lot.

 

[rideit]

So, according to this chart, all of the DT star ratchet rears are the same kit?
http://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/products/boostinator
That's what it looks like to me, but I am blind...

 

[iRider]

kill list.

Ultra kill list, super ultra kill list, boost kill list....

 

[Tom Ritchey's Moustache]

Well, seeing as the wolf tooth adaptors apply to just a few types of hubs, possibly a lot.

The hubs in question here are DT 350's, which are compatible. So ... thanks for playing.

 

[Tom Ritchey's Moustache]

So, according to this chart, all of the DT star ratchet rears are the same kit?
http://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/products/boostinator
That's what it looks like to me, but I am blind...

Yes. As long as they're 6-bolt.

 

[HAB]

Yes. As long as they're 6-bolt.

I'm guessing you could use a centerlock hub too, as long as you used a 6 bolt rotor adapter and a 6 bolt rotor, so that you could still space it out. The DT part numbers for the axles for centerlock and 6 bolt rear hubs are the same.