Hi man, I really underestand some people with such extra money to spare, 1000$ for a hub, not to say bicycle. I admit that it is your such money to keep thoes German to float without sink, but some day they will sink. bicycle is a low tech aparatus, marketing people creats new concept bicycle and new bicycle products every year, the design of bicycle mutured more than hundred years ago, Wright brothers had a racing bike weighted a little than 20 lb and the material was steel. i see a lot people talk about their high tech bike and the tearing and wearing for the drive train, i suggest these people take a look of Ken Keifer's web site,
http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/
I have a hybrid steel bike for 250$, I commute with it 20 mile/day round trip for almost three years now, it still going strong with almost all the oringinal components, except I change grip shifter to friction thumb shifter. I agree with previous post that Rolex is the most disgusting scame in history.