Hub question

Definatley go with the KH/Onza over the Qu-Ax. The Qu-Ax has only 10
splines while the KH/Onza has 36 (as many as profiles). So they will be
a lot stronger, plus its the best of both KH and Onza 😄

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That's what I was thinking. Plus, then I don't have to get a 48 spoke
rim. I'm planning on the Alex DX32.

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The number of splines in a hub and the number of spokes in a wheel are
not the most important features to define the strength of a hub or
wheel. In fact, those two numbers by themselves are irrelevant and mean
nothing.

For a wheel the quality of the wheel build and the quality of the rim
are much more important than the number of spokes. A 48 spoke wheel
with a crummy rim and a crummy wheel build is going to be worse than a
36 spoke wheel with a good rim and a good wheel build.

For the hub there are many more engineering factors to consider than the
number of splines. You need to consider how the cranks are attached,
how strong are the cranks, how is the axle secured in the hub body (will
it start creaking), what kind of metal, are there any stress risers that
will start a crack, what is the root diameter of the axle, how well will
the hub and cranks wear, etc., etc., etc.

I'm not making any comparisons to KH/Onza or the Qu-ax. Just saying
that Just pointing out that quoting useless numbers like the number of
spokes or number of splines is not the right info to base a decision on.

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all things equal more spokes *should* mean a stronger, though heavier
wheel. and there's a limit too, where the rim is full of nipples and
looses a lot of strength, but that's some huge number of spokes.

i have no direct experience with either hub/crank set, though i think
the new kh/onza's are stronger. not sure why...

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