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Jaap
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They are novatec:
Who also make good hubs, as the people at Hunt are aware, so what? I'm perplexed by your insistence that all sales by Far Eastern manufacturers go through Ali Express, and that unless you have 'someone over here' you're automatically going to be screwed over if you source goods from the Fat East. As I'm sure @OllieTheWizard can confirm, that ain't so.
Brommers
No, I'm sure given their knowledge and experience of the bike industry, the people behind Hunt didn't go on Ali Express, in the same way that no commercial enterprise would source its goods from Ali Express. I'm sure that they have sufficient knowledge of the Taiwanese bike companies to know which wheel building firm (Pro-Lite for example, who do a lot of OEM work) could provide a quality service, just in the same way that they knew that Bitex make good hubs, Kinlin make good rims and Pillar make good spokes. They may well have got a few samples before they placed orders for full-scale production but if you're in the industry you'll know who the reputable and high quality companies are beforehand anyway.