i don't think miche are any better than formula, just a lot prettier. i actually had more problems with my miches than the formulas. phil hubs are great. actually, phil hubs are amazing. record hubs are great. pretty much formula/iro is all you'd need until you got up to hundreds of dollar hubsets. (and formula and iro use the exact same hub shell. different axle). pretty much the tiers should be AVOID!-quando/suzue jr. THE SAME-dimension through and up to,(miche, kogswell (which only used to come in 135 spacing), formula, nashbar, surly, etc.) but not including THE BEST-mack, phil, record, d/a, pro-max, paul.

hubs are less an issue than rims, and complete wheelsets are a different beast all togther