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So the SOMAs finally showed up. Not that impressed with them (partly cause the Royal mail charged me 15 quid in customs and 'international clearance fees' because the seller was honest)... ahh!!!
Anyway back to the hubs. The bad things:
1) Don't like the hollow axles. Didn't think it would annoy me but it does.
2) The fixings (nuts and serrated washers) feel cheap.
3) The bearings are cheapo 6000RS? (can't quite make out last letter but it may be a 'l' meaing they're single sided) which don't last when its wet - bearings are stamped Joytech, so I'm guessing thats who really makes the hub.
4) The threads are full of burrs and are poorly finished.
Which granted says nothing about the performance but it says a lot a lot about the 'premium' nature of these hubs. As far as I can tell, these are just rebranded generic Joytech track hubs (very similar in finish to the St Johns Street basic hubs at 40 quid a pair). Would love to be proved wrong.
The good things:
1) They're quite shiny - better finish than most cheap hubs, nice rounding to the flanges too.
2) They have the word SOMA screened on them.
3) They were still cheap.
But like all things, the proof is in the riding, so I best get these built then.