I ordered a PV-8 from Riv a couple days ago. I've been using the PD-8 for
over a year now with stellar results and I expect the same from the PV-8. I
haven't tried a Son or Shimano, but the quality of the SP units has been
stellar. FWIW, Riv has the cheapest online price for the PV-8s!
On
Can we stop harping on this? The SON hubs probably have the lowest drag of
all the dynamo hubs but they're almost twice as expensive. I love them,
they're gorgeous, but if someone built me a wheel with a shimano dynamo hub
I'd hug them and buy them a beer.
Everything's great.
On Tue, Jan 27,
I didn't think anyone was harping on it.
FWIW, SP claims that their 8 series hubs have similar performance to
SON. The fact that they cost less than half as much is neither here
nor there. I am going to try one and compare it to my SON Deluxe
Widebody. I will let the group know what the
