RE: best hub for the MUni+money (hey that rhymes!)
> I’ve been riding a DM Vortex with profile hub/cranks and
> haven’t made a dent in it.
If it’s a DM, my assumption is that it should have a DM hub and crankset.
This has a much larger spline than the Profile, something like 20 teeth vs.
at least 50? Also, based on my experience the DM cranksets don’t creak.
> I don’t think I would stand much chance of hurting the
> Wilder hub/crankset either, and I would lose at least 1.5 lbs
> off the Muni.
The Wilder will have a Profile hub/crankset (full name Profile/Poznanter
hub). Yes, it’ll be much lighter. I’m still waiting for mine… 
> > Pardon me whilst I stereotype youth and the
> > elders as well.
But I will caution people against using the age stereotype. Though you can
use “advanced years” as a shield behind which to hide if you don’t want to
do big drops and insane things, there are others out there, like Bruce Bundy
and others, who show no fear and are quite capable of handling some pretty
gnarly stuff! As for myself, I like to thing I fall somewhere in between.
Some days I’m pretty chicken, but other days I’ll try a lot of things!
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com
“I was burning his dinner when I was 17, and now I’m burning it when I’m
52.” – Brett Bymaster’s mom Rita, talking about how she met husband Frank
at age 17, while at Brett’s wedding in July