DT 240EXP hub clones Goldix, Venfort

[JJJ]

I ordered a pair of these Goldix GDX-240EXP:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003014289678.html

A very close clone of the DT's, except for the spoke offset values. I received them pretty fast and still need to mount them. They look pretty well made, anyway. I'm wondering if the DT torque caps fit...

Anyone tried them already?

Similar clones are Venfort PRO4, with a large range of colors:
https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005003156428664.html

[curvenut]

Very interesting !

 I am curious about the build quality, long term logevity and also the noise level !

Did you found some reviews ?


Please post you  review here ! 

[ultreia]

I bought a pair of Road Hubs here:
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005003334898387.html

Will see how they are!

[mr.doom]

I have two ZTTO 190 54t  star ratchet hubs on the bench waiting to be built up. 
J-Bend

Ordered a Venfort Boost 36t Hub for my Koski Bomber.   Also J bend... Ha the "pro 4" logo looks just like the Hope. I guess imitation is the highest form of flattery.

Will give updates once I get some miles on them.

[Aliexpress Test Pilot]

The ztto 54t ratchets in the M1 hubs fail….it is known

[JJJ]

The ztto 54t ratchets in the M1 hubs fail….it is known

Sources? I read that 54T ratchets were unreliable in general, even the original DTs, because the teeth are very shallow and sensitive to dirt or even too much (or too thick) grease. The DT 240EXPs even had a premature wear problem, and offer an upgrade kit (https://www.dtswiss.com/en/ratchet-exp-maintenance-notice). That's why I went for the 36T and not the 54 or 60T.

[federic000]

i also want to share my experience, bought a pair of Velosa wheels with OEM hubs, DT350 replica it seems, below some pictures.
the ratchet wheel was very bad, i had multiple occurrences of "jumps" over the teeth losing traction on the pedal and it's very dangerous in my opinion especially when climbing.
i replaced the ratchet with original DT swiss 54T and it's like reborn, luckily for me since i wouldn't like to swap the full hub honestly.
on the front wheel, the hub is ok when mounted in the fork, but it has some loose when unmounted.

BTW can you see in the picture the bearing sitting inside the XD body? should i also change bearing in your opinions?

thanks!

[ultreia]

But ZTTO is not the same than this Goldix right? I didn´t receive them yet.

Also the replica 350 are not the same, they look more like ZTTO.

[ultreia]

I received the hubs, they look very good! Even one bearing (only one, I don´t know why) is from NTN. The others are from NRW.

My model is GDR310 so, no EXP240 version. The weight was 319, so very good, close to DT 240 in terms of weight.

Do you know any official website for this Goldix brand?
These are some pictures:

The most particular thing, from my point of view, is the red parts. The last one is like a lock ring to keep the spring in the correct position. This is missing in the DT Swiss desing. I think that these red parts are adding a bit of weight, this 10 grams of difference:





Freehub pictures:



NTN bearing:


Hub general pictures:

[emu26]

Did you get a picture of the mating faces of the two gold parts?

[ultreia]

No, I don´t know how to dismantle this red part. But it looks to me two pieces like the old DT Swiss ratchet.

Hub geometry:

[emu26]

I asked because it is that face that is failing in the knock off hubs. You might want to contact the seller and ask for instructions on how to dismantle it so that you can replace those parts if they fail, which hopefully they won't.

[ultreia]

I just dismantle, some more pictures:



Red parts:


Spring retention ring:


Ratchet rings:


I will compare with my DT350 hub that I have already... just to see if they are compatible like everybody says.

it could be good, DT replacements are easy to find.

[emu26]

Nice work.

[MTB2223]

Thanx you ultreia.