Originally Posted by
samkl
I have an SP that has done 10,000 miles, 2 PBPs, and a bunch of brevets. Still working great.
I did once hear of a firsthand story of an SP failing, but many others I know have had no problem.
On my new bike I got a SON, because life is short etc.
Now that I have heard of a few failures on SP, I might be tempted to use Son in the future for a long distance or a touring bike. I bought my first SP in 2013, at that time nobody in USA sold them so I had to order it from Taiwan, all of my SP are trouble free.
Tour Divide race, looks like about five times as many Son hubs were used as SP when using a word search (best searched with a space in front and after Son or SP). That is a place you do not want to use something that might fail from hard use.
https://bikepacking.com/bikes/2023-t...e-rigs-part-1/
https://bikepacking.com/bikes/rigs-o...divide-part-2/