yeah so i'm tempted to get miche hubs and rebuild my wheelset and give my GF my old open sport/pro/formula set

What cog are you running? this whole 'miche uses a threading that is slightly.. slightly different than standard EAI/DURAACE threading makes me nervous.. and that quick change is just not in the cards.. yuck.. i've had enough people say it's fine.. thread er' on there.. but i've read some crappy outcomes..

maybe i should just buy some dura ace HF and sit back and build the new set over winter.. hmmmm