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10-16-23, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by daniell

This is a mountain bike with cantilever brakes. The dropout space is 135mm. I may not be able to find non disc hubs. I see no reason why I cannot use them with rim brake rims. It is currently 8 speed. My plan is 10 speed with 1 X chainring. I will wait for the Winter to begin work.

So long as the rim is designed for rim brakes the hub doesn't really matter. However I know White Industries makes a 135MM rim brake hub called the MI5 in various versions to work with whatever you need.

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