rogerzilla
Legendary Member
I bought the bare hub back in 2008. Can't remember the exact price but it came direct from Germany as UK prices were, and remain, silly for German-made dynamo lighting kit. I think it was about £100 then.
It's about £200 now (either from SJSC in the UK, or from Germany after adding all the post-Brexit charges) which would push me towards the SP hub at less than half the price. In 2008, there was no other choice except a bottle dynamo, and they are horrible.
It didn't cost me anything to build the wheel because I pulled the existing front wheel apart and reused the spokes and rim. If you build it x2, it uses the same 148mm spokes as the then standard hub and rim.
It's about £200 now (either from SJSC in the UK, or from Germany after adding all the post-Brexit charges) which would push me towards the SP hub at less than half the price. In 2008, there was no other choice except a bottle dynamo, and they are horrible.
It didn't cost me anything to build the wheel because I pulled the existing front wheel apart and reused the spokes and rim. If you build it x2, it uses the same 148mm spokes as the then standard hub and rim.