This discussion reminds me of a conversation I had with a more experienced co-worker at my first job, in a bike shop, in ~1991 or so. The fellow had a Trek 8700 (carbon tubes bonded to alu lugs) mountain bike and it was constantly out of service for one issue or another. This one time he was having a problem getting some part (I think) for his Bullseye hubs, and I asked why he didn't just get a Shimano hub. He went on and on about the drawbacks of Freehubs compared to Freewheels... I don't remember what any of his points were, but I know now that, while he had every right to prefer whatever design he wished, he was way off the mark. Perhaps he was technically correct about the things that were superior with freewheels, but the modern design is better on the road, if not on paper.