I agree with Dan. I think Saris has neglected their hub for some time.

Some responses to Dan's article:

• DT Swiss made the shell and removable freehub body for the Powertap G3 and GS, so Saris very much was not neglecting the quality of the hub design
• With that said, the removable freehub body can be replaced with both a XDR and the new XTR equivalent freehubs
• Dan failed to mention the G4 hub, which accepts a standard 6 bolt disc rotor
• the DCR article covering this quoted the SRAM CEO as being specifically interested in the G4 hub
• The GS (straightpull DT Swiss 240 hub) powertap sold for $300 for a good while - that was one hell of a price point

So why hub vs crank?

• direct mount chain rings
• Oval chain rings
• 3T and THM cranks (that's petty, as the DUB cranks are nearly as light and half the price!)
• Price:

While I'm a Powertap advocate, I don't think wheel swapping is much fun, so that's not an argument. But, if we're talking OEM spec'd components, if you can get a Zipp wheelset for $200 more with a powermeter in the hub, things get interesting. What may be the deal breaker there is the price of Zipp wheels. I mean, a set of Nextie/i9/Hunt rims with Industry Nine hubs are half the price and just as nice, if not nicer. Is a Zipp Cognition hub as durable and nice as a DT Swiss 240 or i9 Hydra hub??

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