Weinmann rim and Formula hub
 

I just took delivery of a new rear wheel, a Weinmann RM19 rim with what I was told is a Formula flip flop hub. The hub has no cut outs like most or all the Formula hubs I've seen online. Please forgive my ignorance but does Formula make flip flop hubs minus the cut outs? I'm wondering if I was possibly mislead.

You know recent controversy over the actual manufacturer of the Diacompe hubs, and the set of wheels I just noticed today over at Chucksbikes leads me to believe they might be making them without the cutouts now.


I also noticed Somas hubs which had a teardrop cutout are now coming sans cutout. Maybe we're seeing a new styling trend away from the cutouts. Maybe they are trying to look more like Duraace, and Phil hubs than Vintage Campy now. Makes sense the cutouts add to the manufacturing cost. So if they can save a step, offer a product that seems to have "new styling" and keep the price the same it's like free money for the manufacturer. From an end user standpoint the only difference are weight, and perhaps durability. Given how small the cutouts are on formula hubs I doubt there's much difference at all.

If it indeed is a Formula hub, I got a wheel for $55 that Harris Cyclery sells for $99. I hear stories of stripped theads etc. on lesser quality hubs and hope that the seller indeed sold me a Formula.

Was it from chucks? Because I just noticed they have this wheelset they advertise has Formula hubs and RM19 rims.
http://www.chucksbikes.com/store/big_wh033.jpg

I bought them from a local guy (central Ohio) that said he was thinning his inventory.

yeah. interesting with the whole dia compe thing indeed...

if you go to formulahubs.com, it looks like their low flange hubs do not have cut outs.

the aforementioned dia compe issue is discussed somewhat here and in an earlier thread i can't find atm: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ight=dia+compe

i wan't speaking at all towards the dia compe question. i was just replying to the original post.

Holy****! the Formula website is a direct (****ty) ripoff of a minisite 2advanced did for the company I used to work for!!

Does anyone known how long that site has been up for?