Goldix hubs are great.  I’m a big dude and ride like a gorilla and break everything
36t ratchet is solid…I’ve blown up a LOT of hubs.
This is much more solid than the ztto hubs

I’ve been riding them for a year hard Mtb riding on a bike with high pedal kickback that blows up a lot of hubs this one is SOLID.

Bearings are a little cheap I expect I’ll need to replace the outboard bearing but these are cheap common and readily available .

They will also do custom logos for a reasonable price if you are not into gold Dix

I’ve hucked  my bike to the point of exploding tires are rims and these hubs took it

I've sussed out how to build a wheel using this and have done it using sk75
I have come to the conclusion through trial and error that dm20 is the only option.
I'm just hunting for some dm20 in 1.5-1.8mm 12 strand braid or greater.


I have tried the fl 32NG lines, coincidentally some worn  kitesurfing equipment I had was from this era.
 as an 8 strand they are MISERABLE to eye splice and seem very fragile to cuts in that diameter at that age.

1.8mm is ideal 2.0 mm would be good   2.5mm will be too large for most spoke holes.

Marlow used to sell a 1.8mm dm20  I can't find it anywhere anymore and contacted marlow directly there were  out of stock with no plans to renew. 

If anyone finds some dm20 or convinces a manufacturer to make some, I'm in for a roll

I doubt it’ll be light but most of the knock off stuff isn’t doing any engineering just copying
Sometimes you get some gems

Curious If anyone has sampled one of these yet
Looks a shameless fox knockoff wondering if that goes for the internals as well?

https://a.aliexpress.com/_uyQqVL

Anyone test pilot one?

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I suspect that the replacement ratchets  ztto sells could be different possibly better made than what is in those hubs. The hubs are pretty generic around AliExpress with many different names and logos

Also I could have just gotten a turd. 
Reading Mtbr reviews the guys on the German forums didn’t have any luck with these hubs either until they switched to dt Swiss guts

I haven’t heard bad things about the ztto ratchets that are sold separately....course I don’t ride them either

I have 2 wheel sets with these hubs I plan to run the crap out of the other ones (with a set of ratchets in my pocket) and see if they break as well as beat on the ztto ratchets  I’ll report back confidence or failures


I really like the idea of good affordable lightweight  hubs...and want them to work
lace these with a set of DIY dyneema spokes and carbon rim from Btlos and you can get a 1200g Wheelset for like 500-600 bucks

Buying dt Swiss internals at retail kills the value equation here though

Photos of the internals please. I'm guessing it cracked?
Rider weight and max rear ring might also be relevant. I suspect if you have rear 40T vs rear 20T thats going to be half the force hitting the ratchet.

Internals are still intact no obvious signs of destruction. very little marring on the teeth and not excessive lubrication,  dry parts or contamination present they look good but they slip under torque
I tried pulling the springs to get them a bit stiffer, still skips.
I took the ratchet out and put them into a dt swiss hub....it skips.in the dt swiss hub
I put the DT swiss ratchets out and put them in the ztto hub....the ztto hub works fine with the DT Swiss ratchets.
And naturally the DT swiss ratchets back in the DT swiss hub works fine again.
So it is 100% the ratchet gears.

contacted ZTTO and requested a 36T, they indicated they would send one,  haven't received it yet....but it's still within the normal delivery time from Ali parts
 in the mean time I purchased a 18T dt swiss set of ratchets and have carried on using the hubs.    (18T cause they are cheap as dirt and readily available from people who upgraded)

I'm 180lbs a strong rider and I heard it skip a few times previously on some rocky technical climbs,  eventually giving out on a rocky climb that requires some sprinting to clean the obstacles. To the point where it could not sustain enough torque to pedal out of anything.

As mentioned the bike I ride has some high suspension travel chain growth and  notable pedal kick back at low speed when it goes deep into the travel. So loads could be considerable...
that stated I've run legit DT swiss hubs  for much longer with no issues.


In fact this is the first hub I've ever blown the guts out of. without years and years of use and no maintenance.