{"id":19337,"date":"2021-01-13T09:48:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=19337"},"modified":"2021-01-13T09:57:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:57:11","slug":"salsa-kingpin-deluxe-fork-dt-swiss-350-big-ride-centerlock-hubs-31mm-torque-cap-dropouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2021\/01\/13\/salsa-kingpin-deluxe-fork-dt-swiss-350-big-ride-centerlock-hubs-31mm-torque-cap-dropouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Salsa Kingpin Deluxe Fork, DT Swiss 350 Big Ride Centerlock Hubs, 31mm Torque Cap Dropouts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For years I’ve been riding my beloved, custom-built, blue and black 2017 Salsa Mukluk with a set of DT Swiss 350 Big Ride-based wheels<\/a>. This fall I noticed a very small crack in a non-critical part of the frame and Salsa quickly swapped me to a new 2019 Mukluk frame. Along with the new frame came a bit of an upgrade; Salsa’s Kingpin Deluxe fork<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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31mm dropout for Torque Caps on the Salsa Kingpin Deluxe fork.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In looking at photos of the fork, test fitting with end caps,<\/a> and as confirmed by Salsa directly, the Kingpin Deluxe has 31mm dropouts designed to fit the SRAM-developed Torque Cap end caps. Originally intended to make suspension forks less prone to twisting, the larger 31mm OD end caps, instead of the standard 21mm OD, strengthen the wheel\/axle interface. This is well documented elsewhere<\/a>, and end caps are available for most higher end wheel sets (I9, DT Swiss, etc), but it only appeared on non-fatbike RockShox<\/a> suspension forks… until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not clear to me why Salsa chose to put 31mm dropouts on the already-stiff, rigid, carbon Kingpin Deluxe fork, but they did. My guess is they saw potential for dynamo hubs — which generate power via forces between the still axle and moving hub shell — to use Torque Caps so they have a larger interface with the hub. After all, one of the new features of the Kingpin Deluxe fork is internal routing for dynamo hubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parts from two DT Swiss HWGXXX0009100S kits for converting the 350 Big Ride hubs to Torque Caps.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The only downside to including 31mm dropouts is that without Torque Cap end caps on the hub the wheel won’t self-center on the axle making wheel installation a little bit fiddly. In practice this isn’t a problem, and Newmen<\/a> made stick-on Torque Cap Fork Reducers<\/a> to mitigate it, but I wanted to see if I could get some actual Torque Caps for my DT Swiss 350 Big Ride Center Lock hubs (H350DCIXR32SA6259S) to do it right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a bit of email with Logan, one of the ever-helpful folks at DT Swiss, I learned that unlike all their other hubs, these have equal-length end caps and until now there weren’t any fat bike forks with 31mm dropouts, so DT doesn’t have a Torque Cap kit for these hubs. Logan suggested that I pick up two of the HWGXXX0009100S kits for regular 350 hubs, then use the longer pieces on each side of the hub, figuring this should fit. While this was a bit pricey (~$65), it felt like the right choice so the wheel would match the fork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Torque Cap end caps fitted to a DT Swiss 350 Big Ride front hub.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The kits arrived and just as Logan had calculated these caps dropped right in and now the end caps and fork match. Hopefully in the future DT Swiss will offer a kit that has just the necessary parts so others won’t have to buy two as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For years I’ve been riding my beloved, custom-built, blue and black 2017 Salsa Mukluk with a set of DT Swiss 350 Big Ride-based wheels. This…<\/p>\n

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