Chinese hub reliability
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I've only seen one pair of Hubsmiths, on wheel I bought from FarSports. Based on that limited sample I'd prefer the EDhub/Bitex hubs. Their bearings are better than Hubsmith, making the hubs turn smoother. Their rear flange spacing is wider, making a laterally stiffer wheel.
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The "keyhole" drillings allow for wider aero spokes to be used.
Manufacturer or spec sheet should be able to tell about radial lacing compliance.
Manufacturer or spec sheet should be able to tell about radial lacing compliance.
Bikes: Raw Ti, 650b flatbar CX
Bitex and Novatec hubs are great if we exclude their generic hub range. At the moment I'm using wheelsets with DT/Corima/Mavic/Novatec/Bitex/Syncros/Shimano(various models) on my 5 bikes and Novatec/Bitec are top notch and I can not tell difference between 85$ Bitex hubs versus 500$+ DT 240's.
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For any of the hubs coming from Taiwanese or Chinese sources check the specs carefully. There are plenty of these hubs floating around on eBay that swap out quality bearings for lesser quality Chinese bearings. You may save $10 on the hubs only to shell out two or three times that to replace the bearings a few thousand km later.
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Light-bicycle has several road hub options with no additional upcharge.
I'm trying to decide between Bitex RAR9 and Novatec F582 - which would you get?
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I'm trying to decide between Bitex RAR9 and Novatec F582 - which would you get?
http://www.light-bicycle.com/the-more-d ... d-hub.html
The Novatec hubs weigh more (245g vs 211g) but have better DS flange spacing (18mm vs 16.5mm).
My wheels are with Novatec hubs A291-SB-SL + F482SB-SL. I have had about 500kms on it, compared my previous Bitex hubs, I like novatec better. Very smoothing. From my experience, I vote cons to Novatec.
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If you have any weight to ya, or push any good torque I would steerclear of the novatec.
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