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It's mostly the bearing seals, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if Novatec's 21st Century alloy had a better blend of strength/fatigue strength/corrosion resistance compared with 30 year old hubs, aluminium mills are constantly refining even cheap general purpose alloys.