Originally Posted by
Drew Eckhardt
The big difference is bearing life, with bearing replacement on both requiring spoke removal with a front wheel rebuild. If you don't build your own wheels you could spend twice as much for the SP in the first year or two.
Shutter Precision claims a 20,000km bearing life, and people report failures in 10,000 miles.
Schmidt claims 50,000km and people get more.
Whatever you buy, import it directly from Germany with starbike.com and bike-discount.de good sources.
When I bought my setup this year (SON28 / Edelux ii / B&M Line Plus / USB-Werk) the Luxos U was $103 from starbike versus $219 from Peter White.
It's funny that you mention Starbike. Everywhere I've searched for the B&M Luxos U quotes $200+, but then I stumbled across Starbike. I couldn't believe the price and wrote it off as a scam site. But you say it's legit?