Originally Posted by
sysrq
Well, Bitex has been said to have acceptable reputation, but nothing much is found about this particular model among reviews and discussions (Bitex BX103R) or any other hub with more than 4 bearings.
I think you get my point. You simply will not get meaningful technical advice unless you pay an engineer to direct a hub and give you an opinion. Even then it's only an opinion.
So you're buying the hub based on info given, which may be material or just hype. But, as you note, the company enjoys a good reputation, so trusting them is probably OK.
OTOH I think you're overly concerned, and probably can do equally well with just about any decent hub.
1600km is not a very long trip, and many here, including me, have taken much longer tours on much less special hubs. Touring or not, my hub service interval is roughly 10k kilos.
So. You probably won't go wrong with these hubs, but you may be spending more than you need to.
BTW ---- Have a great trip, and make plenty of memories.