I have a SON QR disc hub on my commuter (love it, thanks Peter W.) and had it built so I could move it to my Rambouillet when I tire of either the bike (Disc Trucker) or no longer need a commuter. So it has the same rim as my Ram and the disc mount is lockring instead of 6-bolt. A quarter turn with a Shimano cartridge BB/cassette lockring tool and it's gone. I unsderstand the flange stance difference between the disc and rim brake spec hubs but seems within reasonableness given that both are pretty large diameter flanges compared to non-generator hubs when considering the loss of flange width between the two. I felt like was getting two birds with one stone.
Future proof? My fifteen year experiment with discs on drop bar, bar end shifter bikes lead me to spec cantilevers on my custom two years ago. I'll gladly accept the the variables I know about brakes, braking, parts, pieces, installation and adjustment over unique, sporadic mystery sounds and finickiness that are beyond control and lead to throwing new parts into the system at a rate embarrassing compared to rim brakes. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 7:47:32 AM UTC-4 peter...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking to get the Son dynamo hub. Considering it's price I'd rather > make an informed (still quite impulsive) decision..hah! > > I have a bike with both rim and disc brake mounts (with QR) so I usually > buy disc hubs, to future proof the hub purchase, but continue to run > v-brakes (for now). Is this a sound approach to continue with this buy i.e. > disc hubs with v-brake rims? > > Based on SON's website, I think Son28 would be appropriate considering > it's better to charge devices at low speeds. So, in this case I would take > the "SON 28 Hub Dynamo - 6-Bolt - QR". > > Thank you for your insight! > Peter > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7692c42e-753e-470f-bebb-05f3e3e600can%40googlegroups.com.
