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I've just received a set of LB wheels, a repeat order of a set of Novatec hubs on the grooved 35mm rims I ordered a year or so ago. Unpacking them I've noticed that the red label on the hubs don't match up - i.e they should both be on the LHS of the hub as you face forwards. This was the case with my original wheelset and I would have thought standard practice when you build wheels, but maybe that's just me being an overly anal twerp.
The front wheel can't be switched around because of the grooves for improved braking having a specific direction. It wasn't possible to see this in the photos they sent of the wheels prior to shipping, and when I queried they replied with a "unless you specify this then we won't do it" which feels a bit like I'm getting fobbed off...
Obviously wheels are round and front hubs will work perfectly fine either way round but it feels vaguely annoying that they don't match. Wondering if anyone else has had the same thing with LB wheels recently?