Originally Posted by
ericmerg1
also looking at these. as a climbing day bike (14,000ft centuries and such)
I've read some bad things about those Powerway hubs yesterday. Someone had bad experiences saying they seize up after a couple of months. Don't know how widespread those issues might be.
You can get them from the same shop on Ebay with Novatec hubs, which have a bit more of a track record among cheap hubs I think. But they are almost 100g heavier, because they use heavier spokes in that configuration.
The consensus seems to be the Kinlin rims are fine. Established wheelbuilders based in the US seem to be offering them. Not sure about those hubs, but they are some of the lightest I have seen.