*gack* That bike would be an awful ride. The Chub guys went to enormous lengths to prove that 'larger flanges are better', yet still end up with a hub heavier than a regular hub WITH a cassette freewheel mechanism, and provide no other benefits other than decreasing and dissipating the forces the hub sees under load.

Still, not a bad option if you want to plop 190 bucks down for a simple rear hub I guess.

Not sure what the benefit of twisted spokes are. Never heard any arguements for them that were even vaguely convincing.