142x12, 32 Hole, Centerlock with Shimano HG-L (11/12 speed ROAD freehub)?

[nick_the_wheelbuilder]

2 minutes ago, greatwhite said:

Out of curiosity, what is it? Always helps to know options for the future?

 

I get these from H-Works in Xiamen, China.
They're awesome quality and well priced.

[droo]

34 minutes ago, greatwhite said:

Not true - that was my 1st stop with the local DT repair agents trying to come right. They went to a lot of effort trying to make this work but to no avail. The road freehub is 1.85mm longer (as Dave pointed out) the driveside flange is therefore forced to be approx the same amount closer to hub centreline. i.e. the hubshell for a road hub and mtb for a DT350 is physically different. The good people at DT decided when they introduced the upgrade to the 350 (in 2021 IIRC) to do away with the 32 hole option so they only offer 24 and 28 hole hubs for road now.... I guess they felt there wasn't demand for 32 holes and that 28 holes was adequate. This I found out after reaching out to DT head office directly. It is especially dumb, when you consider they still off a number of their own road rims in 32 holes.... And there are so many use cases where 32 (or even 36) holes are the right thing.

Ultimately, I imported a Mavic MR801. Comparable to a DT350 in many respects. Slightly larger flanges, and 40t ratchet vs 36 on the DT. Perhaps the only criticism I have of it is the split (to spring load, I believe) end cap on the non drive side which is aesthetically less appealing and perhaps a future gunk trap - I can't comment on it mechanically as the wheel has only done about 100km so far.

 

Will file this in my ever growing stash of arcane bike info, cheers. Just realised that my Cotic frame is 135mm OLD, no doubt for this exact reason.

Glad you found a solution.