As recent data release with UFO drip v2, it has shown Silca Hot Melt is around 1w faster than race powdered msw chain, as such FULL RACE optimised chains now undergo all the same steps but will be waxed with Silca Hot Melt and not race powdered after wax break in run).
**LATEST UPDATE ON FULLY OPTIMISED RACE CHAIN PREP OPTION – up till 20/11/20 this was done with mspeedwax and race powder (after controlled chain break in, many ultrasonic cleaning rounds, ultrasonic wax with fresh wax, controlled wax break in run – then the race powdering application would occur). (*Note YBN chains come with a non directional master link, the master link is silver regardless of chain colour selection). *** Additional Note lead time for Silca Hot Melt Prep and Absolute Black Graphene Prep is approximately 1 week as chains are prepped once ordered*** Granted, this isn’t a high tech piece of measuring equipment, but you can see a bit more space between the next-to-top cog and the chain’s outer plate.** Note lead time for Full Race Optimisation Prep is approximately 1 to 2 weeks**
Oddly, chain width isn’t much different at all. Looks like about 1.2mm difference between cogs. Just for fun, here’s the visual difference between Campagnolo’s Super Record 11-speed (left) and the new SRAM Red 10-speed (right). As if it weren’t already pretty much a done deal, this all but seals the deal for 135mm rear spacing when discs take over the world. Looking forward, it’ll be interesting to see how they fit disc brake rotor mounts on here. What all this does mean is that the chain is almost certainly going to be narrower, as will the space between cogs. We suspect it’ll be a very, very limited problem. Some of the other numbers indicate the smallest cog may sit about 1mm to 2mm closer to the dropout, meaning some current gen frames might have clearance issues. This puts the hub at 131mm wide, which will fit into a standard 130mm spaced road frame with no problem and likely cause no alignment issues. If you consider that Mavic’s current FTS-L freehub road wheels are 37mm wide and require their 2mm spacer to work with Shimano/SRAM cassettes, they shouldn’t need any adaptation to work with 11-speed offerings from either brand. Or just having the rim sit 1mm further to the left inside the frame. The angles may change, which wouldn’t play in favor of the drive side, but that can be fixed relatively easily with offset spoke drillings on rims.
Spoke Flange Spacing doesn’t change -50mm on both hubs- so no theoretical reduction of triangulation.Top half is the new 11-speed, bottom half shows current 10-speed for their 240 rear hub.
This diagram specifically calls out Shimano, which means it’ll fit SRAM, too. If you recall, all of their 2013 road bike hubs will be 11-speed, and there are rumors swirling that Shimano and SRAM will offer an extra cog soon. Thanks to one of our inside sources, we scored this outline of DT Swiss’ new 11-speed road hubs. Support us! BikeRumor may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article.