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@Harry.Major
Kerley: Of all the examples you could pick to defend cheap hubs you pick the one that when you tighten the cog and lockring it crushes the bearings. the rear halo is an awful hub.
The point of expensive hubs, like expensive anything is superior build quality, superior ethics of labour (in some cases - like phil), superior longevity, superior bearings when there, superior design and testing, superior seals and greeses (when used), superior reduction of friction, Superior warranty superior everything. And given you can totaly feel the difference between Formula (the best under £100 hub) and something like Phil the why the hell not buy one?
And how many people do you know have two Phils and the rest of the bike is utter crap?
I'm sorry, I just don't understand an ideological defence of mediocrity.
(not to say that all expensive hubs are better then formulas (many aren't).