Originally Posted by ilovecycling

Anyone try Novatec hubs? I just ordered some November tubulars and decided to stick with the stock Novatec hub option to save some dough. I figured there was no sense in upgrading to the CK or WI hubs since I was looking at the wheels as a budget racing wheelset in the first place. However, I did upgrade to black cx-ray spokes for $120 since I saved $100 on the pre-order. I'm wondering if I would have been better off spending that $120 towards the CK R45 hub upgrade instead. Then again, is a hub just a hub once it gets past a certain point of quality/reliability? You're going to have to tear them down and rebuild them after so many miles either way.

I do love the smoothness of my DA 7900 hubs on my c24 clinchers. I haven't needed to service them yet so I can't comment on durability and serviceability.