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Again, focus group of one in terms of riding experience with them. But I've ridden wheels that I built with the same rims (HED Belgium) and same spoke count, with different hubs (CK R45, da 7900 and velocity race) and found wheels built with the other hubs were noticeably stiffer (less brake rub when standing) compared to HED hubs.
In terms of notching, to me it speaks to 3 things:
- Shimano cassette splines' depth was established when FH bodies were steel. They're simply too shallow for most aluminum bodies. Campy cassettes generally don't have notching issues as far as I know.
- Most other hub makers who want to solve/minimize the notching add a steel face to one of the splines. (Am classic, Velocity) To NOT do something to address notching seems like cost avoidance to me.
- Cassettes should be consumable items. Bearings and chains should be consumable items. FH bodies shouldn't, IMO.
My 2¥.
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