I'll shortly be taking delivery of a 2nd or 3rd hand MTB frame (impulse buy
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190341117286&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching Hoping to build it up for some easy XC stuff.
I've got a pair of 85mm sus forks in the cupboard, a seatpost and most of an 8sp drivetrain (need shifters). I'm going to need wheels, tyres and brakes, headset, bars & stem.
Q - Hubs - will current rear hubs work OK with an 8sp XT cassette or will I need some sort of spacer ?
Brakes, the frame is rim brake only, so the rear will be V's or possibly Magura hydraulics (just remembered I've got some of them in the box as well)
The fork will take a disk brake, so I may try one of those .
Q - Any opinions on cable vs hydraulic ?
The fork has the bottom race from an Orbit headset on it, so I can swap it with the rigid forks on my heavy tourer. This means I'll need another Orbit headset as well.
Q - I'm well out of touch with current rims, the last wheels I built used Mavic F519's which have been very good. Is the XM719 a suitable choice ?