searched and only found threads with people thinking about trying these out and others recommending different hubs, apperently because know one has experience with these.

Those threads were all made a while ago. So, does anyone have anything positive/negative to say about them?

They're fixed/fixed and feel pretty solid but do have a bit of a steep price tag, so I wanted to hear some opinions before I pull the trigger.

Wow. Long post.

I had a set of the Somax wheels for a couple years. They're just rebranded Joytech hubs, also sold under the Dimension brand. They take regular 6000-series cartridge bearings, making them easy to overhaul.

There's not really much to say about them. They're simple cartridge hubs that require very little maintenance.

I don't think that's the same hub at all anymore.

They don't look like rebranded Joytech's/Formula's anymore. The hub itself looks a lot different (no cutouts on the flanges, and the area inbetween the flanges has a different shape than the hubs already mentioned.)



Can't believe it seems like no one gave these things a shot.

Look pretty different...

Do people not like the Kazane hubs?

What are the opinions on Dia-Compe Gran Compe's?

I have a Soma rear hub that is probably a year or so old and is certainly a rebranded Joytech (the bearing is labeled such). The bearings themselves are already quite notchy feeling when I spin the axle in my fingers but perhaps this is common with lowend cartridge hubs, I have no other experience.
When I got my wheel it was the only affordable, prebuild fixed hub wheel available to me.
I definately wouldn't pay more for them than Formulas (unless it is the pretty colours you are after, I guess).