Originally Posted by mlts22
I think SB stated somewhere on his site that XT hubs are as good as you are going to get as the foundation to build your wheel on unless you go whole-hog and buy a Phil Wood hub.
Yeah, that's a good summary of what he said! Basically, he thinks Phil hubs might be *slightly* stronger than XT, but since they cost about $400 compared to $50 for an XT (that's the price at Nashbar right now), it's probably not worth it.