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Just seen this never seen any miche hub suffer a failure due to cracking. Have had many issues with some novatec hubs though for example the f482 sb sl hub with there more expensive ezo bearings suffering bearing failures on the first ride. Stopped selling that hub now after that. So yes the worlds leading hub manufacturer is great at everything they do.
thecycleclinic
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Mostly because people seem to keep breaking Miche locknuts, probably stress corrosion cracking </racist>, and Novatec use a normal lock ring thread so you have more options for spares, rather than just Miche/Campag/Phil, and Miche track nuts are 14mm so they don't fit anybody's Peanut Butter wrench, and the bearing inner race seats on the Novatec axles are actually part of the axle rather than being separate 'cones'. But apart from that, yeah, the more expensive hubs from a generalist cycle manufacturer are definitely as good as the cheaper ones from the world's leading hub specialist :-)