Originally Posted by
joejack951
Why not American Classic? When I built my wheels, I considered both DT and Chris King but neither could come close to the weight and cost of the ACs and offered nothing I could use to justify their higher cost and weight. I know little to nothing about Bitex so perhaps they are even more cost effective than ACs.
Am Classic hubs have had durability problems IMHO....also way back they had design problems (2004 or so to 2008 maybe?). For years they had "features" where the freehub would explode or low quality bearings and the not so odd hub shell failure. But they were *light*. Those days are mostly gone judging by the lack of mad raging forum posts about such things, but the micro hubs tend not to lace into as strong a wheel as other hubs... or maybe people just don't buy their product much anymore after all the fusterclucks. But IMHO for the money there are better options.
BHS hubs (made by Bitex) are light and cheap too
Road Hubs and make for good strong wheels builds. Been reliable for a while. Kings and Whites are blingy, but for price/performance BHS/Bitex is the sweet spot.
I mean shoot a King R45 Belgium+ 28/28 build can be 1525-1550 grams IRL....which for just about anyone is light enough....and such a build isn't even trying to be lightweight.