duanelr Posted September 4, 2018 Share Hi there hubbers, quick question, can any rim be used with a boost hub? thinking of building a custom wheelset by purchasing the components separately and having a pro wheelbuilder put it all together. upgrading a 2017 spark 940. thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchConway Posted September 4, 2018 Share I have also wondered this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted September 4, 2018 Share Yes, any rim can be used with any hub as long as they have the same amount of holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me rida my bicycle Posted September 4, 2018 Share With only 5mm to a side difference I don't see any problem using any rims on boost hubs will only end up with a little stiffer wheel.Obviously the spoke count needs to be the same as grease monkey said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duanelr Posted September 5, 2018 Share cool thanks, was concerned that maybe not just any rim spoke eyelets could accommodate the larger spoke bracing angle from a boost hub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droo Posted September 5, 2018 Share Boost specific rims are available from the same guys that make 29er specific saddles... (No such thing as a dumb question... but you'll get some dumb answers.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted September 5, 2018 Share Give us one reason why you thought they might not be? edit: Oh I see you did. Just how fat do you think a boost hub is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted September 5, 2018 Share I get why the OP asked it - that increased angle at the rim eyelet is minimal though. I have also gone ahead an bought some seamingly obviously compatible parts when I started out that didn't fit. Bike parts are expensive, rather safe than sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted September 5, 2018 Share Boost flanges aren't much further apart than SS specific hubs, which have been around for yonks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_the_wheelbuilder Posted September 5, 2018 Share Any rim can work with a BOOST hub. The cool thing is that the spoke lengths and tensions will be much more similar on a boost wheel than non-boost, making the wheel stronger. There's thus no real need to consider asymmetric rims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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