Looking at building up an affordable road wheelset and looking at hubs, DT Swiss has recently added a new 350 series hub to their line up. The pricing is between Ultegra and the higher end stuff. Apparently the internals are the same as the premium 240 series hubs while the hub body is made in Asia.
Never have owned DT Swiss hubs before so wanted to hear from anyone who knows about the 350 series. Obviously the 240 series and meant to be nice.
There’s a great hub review over at fair wheel,
These won’t be included in it as there new though.
How much are they
They are priced in between Ultegra and Dura Ace I guess. You can purchase them on Starbike for about $220.00 ex shipping for the set.
The big plus for that the rear hub weighs about 100g less than an Ultegra rear, which is pretty significant.
100g might be a big difference compared to some other hub weights but I’d say it’s totally irrelevant in terms of the function of your wheelset and your riding experience.
I want my riding experience to be as light as possible, within budget, and be durable. Asking too much?
light, cheap, strong: pick two.
I don’t think these are that new, are they? Just that everyone talks about the 240s when they think of DT hubs, so they get ignored. If the guts inside are the same, they should be pretty good - the wheels that came on my TCR have 240 internals and they’re smooooth.
I’m just saying that by the time the bike’s built and ridden, I’d be very hard pressed to know whether the rear hub weighs 100g less or more than another.
I don’t want to ride boat anchors either but I’d value durability and sealed bearings before worrying about the weight.
But then it all depends on where/when/how you ride and what your priorities are.
horatio’s tastes: not campy (unless it’s Euclid), prefers no shirt, bottom bracket height to be within tolerances.
350 have the star ratchet internal, which is what everyone froths over with DT hubs.
Ultegra hubs have cup/cone bearings without a ton of sealing, but from river dunking experience are still better sealed than the ‘sealed cartridge bearings’ that are used on WI hubs.
I just bought some Ultegra hubs. Ribble have them for about A$125 shipped. #BANGFORBUCKYO
Correct, I have a set on Open Pros and they are the definition of reliable. But they aren’t ‘light’ by anyone’s standards. You can see the attraction of a slightly lighter option.
Yes. I have a set of those OMGLIGHTZZZ circus monkey hubs, and they’re perfectly fine. 1000kms under their belt and haven’t missed a beat. BUT I’m expecting the bearings to fall in a heap at some point.
Doesn’t froth your boat?
I’m a Shimano cup and cone fan but unfortunately the budget doesn’t extend to DA.
I’ve serviced the odd 240… The ones used in lightweights ( Same things. )
They are very easy to service, no special tools needed. The star ratchet works very well and the bearnings are large in both the front and rear hubs making for a pretty built proof set up.
The only thing I’m not fond of is the small brace angles.
I’ve got a set of dt swiss 340 hubs built up as my touring wheels, a couple of thousand km without issue. but I also have a set of shimano 105 hubs on my cx that’s seen a lot of Km’s without issue as well
A jersey weighs about 100 grams… just sayin’.
Not rapha pro team, what are you going to lace them to h.
Open pro cd or similar.
they are sick hubs buy them