As some of you know, I've been testing the Level Components fixed gear hub for a while now. One concern I've heard on this board and elsewhere was since the cogs are proprietary people were worried about the company going out of business and there not being a source of cogs. I brought this up with Scott at Level and here's what he said:

"I have been beating down as many doors as i can with respect to this issue. The worst case scenario would be if I do go out of business I would give an independent cog manufacturer the specs for the cogs and they (the consumer) would have a viable source for spares. Best case is that all the manufacturers I have talked with accept what I am doing and start producing cogs."

Thumbnail review of the hub: Two thumbs up. Full detailed review in the next issue of SSO.