Technical Stuff — DT Swiss

Invest in hubs, and here's why.

May 05, 2018 • 27.5" • 29er • Aero • Alex Rims • All Mountain • Bontrager • Carbon • Classic • Cyclocross • DT Swiss • Easton • Enduro • Gravel • HED • Hope • Hplusson • Hybrid • Kinlin • Lefty • Nextie • Novatec • Pacenti • Project321 • Sapim • Shimano • Spank • Stan's No Tubes • Syntace • Track and Fixed • TT and Triathlon • Tubeless • Tune • Velocity • Wheel Builds • Wheel Repairs • White Industries • XLR8 Hubs • XLR8 Rims • Zelvy • Zipp

We've been doing this bike wheels thing for a while now, and there's one constant .... hubs are an investment. Buy wisely, and buy once. A good set of hubs will last several sets of rims. We recommend spending at least as much on hubs as the rest of the wheelset. Why? Aren't the rims the core of a wheelset? As we see it, rims are somewhat consumable. Certainly in the case of rim brake rims, as wear on the brake tracks will one day compromise rim integrity, and they'll need to be replaced. With the emergence of disc brakes...

DT Swiss – finest quality and engineering available now at XLR8

October 10, 2013 • Aero • Carbon • Classic • Cyclocross • DT Swiss • Lefty • Shimano • Wheel Builds

DT Swiss traces a lineage back to drawing wire at a facility in Biel, Switzerland in the mid 1600s. in the early 1900s the first bicycle components were produced. By 1934 products ranged from spokes and rims to dust shields

Loctite + Alloy Nipples = trouble

November 04, 2012 • Bontrager • Carbon • DT Swiss • HED • Wheel Repairs

A personal friend called me up to discuss his Bontrager Aeolus wheels. These were specced with Bontrager sealed bearing hubs (with a DT Swiss freehub), DT Aerolite spokes (in glaring pianted white) and glorious HED Carbon clinchers. Sounds good so