So this hub came out about a year and a half ago right when the freecoaster craze really started to blow up, and I honestly believe it might of grew faster because of this hub. I heard the buzz about it so i grabbed one to replace my odyssey reloader which seen it's day. Straight away i sprayed it black, because the ugly copper colour that would never match anything had to go. Seriously why pick that colour? So chris built it up for me and man did it spin smooth. About a week later I got sick of the little to no slack and had to change it. So i took it apart and was happy to realize how easy the internals came apart and were designed. Thats the only time i've ever had to think about taking this hub apart. Compared to the old nankais, odysseys, povertys,etc which involved maintainence, probably stuff i should have done to this hub but never did. Sure it had the problem with blowing up the driver bearings on some of them, but it's to be expected with bearings that small, and it's nothing compared to the reverse. The axle studs did bend, but never to a point where i needed to go out and buy new ones. I grind a moderate amount so i was impressed, the flanges held up real well too. All in all, I highly suggest this hub (of course there's a new generation of better coming out), but for the weight difference, you'll get way more life out of this hub than a Reverse or Federal freecoaster.
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