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I bought the rims and built them up myself, using DT Swiss track hubs - so no experience with the hubs they offer I'm afraid. I'm using the wheels on my fixed gear now, so no brake track on the rear, but I am using a rim brake on the front. The braking surface honestly seems fine to me, it looks a bit like a copy of the Zipp one with the little ridges. Brakes fine in the dry and loses no more braking power in the wet than some standard Shimano blocks on Miche X-Press alu brake tracks - which is not a super high standard though. I also have not used the wheels on any long descents - for my use case, being able to do an emergency stop is much more important than not having brake fade, so I can't really comment on that.
Overall I'm really happy with the rims, they seem very solid, they look good (... main purpose really), they are not too unstable in cross winds (I'm heavy though, and I have the 65mm 'U-shaped' ones) - would definitely consider buying some again if needed.
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I don’t think the Novatecs are Campagnolo compatible
Not direct from LB, nope. If you're Campag, it's DT Swiss or Bitex.
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@danstuff - thanks for your thorough response. That’s all really useful info. TBH I’m pretty light ~60/65kg and definitely more of a spinner of pedals than a stomper of them. I don’t think the Novatec hub choice is applicable as though I’m using rim brakes I don’t think the Novatecs are Campagnolo compatible ?
@SwissChap and @mdcc_tester - thanks for your thoughts. The 25mm rims sound the better choice then for my needs. @SwissChap do you have the rim brake version? If so, what do you make of the braking surface and do you have any experience of the different hubs at all?