Originally Posted by
andrewclaus
I don't have personal experience with that hub, but the video I just saw looks like you have to remove the cassette before you can service the hub "without tools." So you'll still need a cassette removal tool to change spokes.
I presume you are referring to the VO hub mentioned by the OP. FWIW, my PW rear hub does not need a tool to take the rear cassette off the hub. Nice and handy, but then I have not had any spokes break on that 48 spoke hub while riding - only once in an "accident" when the RD went into the wheel after the black idler wheel came off (screw unscrewed.