Originally Posted by
bkaapcke
With a 5 year warranty, I'd go ahead. If it later happens that they are going to replace your wheels on warranty, pay the dilfference and upgrade to 36 spoke wheels, with cartridge bearing hubs. bk
Actually radial bearings (cartrige) are cheaper for the hub makers to build. There is no real advantage to us, and the cup and cone bearing is more forgiving of misalignment and misadjustmnet.