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Rubbish. The bearings in novatec hubs are not better than those found in miche hubs. In fact the ezo bearings used in some novatec hubs dont seem epecially special at all. I struggle to find a difference in life between these and the supposidly lower spec nbk bearings. Oh wait they are both the same grade bearing thats why. What is wrong with the alloy used in miche hubs? So long as the flanges dont crack the alloy is good, the alloy used in novatec hubs polishes up better, is that better or is that asthetics. I think we have run into the problem of defining better. Better seems to mean more reliable from your reply but i have never found any novatec hub being more reliable than a miche in some cases it the reverse.
I have nothing against novatec hubs i have something against this idea of better being vauge, simply saying they are superior without explain specifially what that means irrates me on a day inhave been irrated by other things Sorry to rant its been a bad day and this thread got it.