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Old 01-11-23, 01:07 AM
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Darth Lefty 
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You can find someone with a problem with any of the popular hubs. Still the rep of the DT Swiss hubs is the one that seems the most solid. I lately bought a Hope hub instead but it was because I found it on sale. If I’d found a DT 350 Hybrid for $200 I’d have bit hard. The Hybrid is the heavy duty version for E bikes also suitable for tandems and mashing schlubs. Thicker forging and steel freehub body.

I liked the Hope or the DT Hybrid because they both had the same flanges as the Taiwan standard cup and cone hub it replaced. Same length spokes both sides and front and rear and 32h. The regular 350 had uneven lengths and 28h. That’s not a ratchet issue but it was a selling point. But the spokes turned out to be a little chewed up and I replaced them anyhow.
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