Just to roll back to it, I've ridden plenty of bikes with less POE and they've been fine. While I'd always rather have a faster-engaging hub I think this is the first time that I've swapped wheels and experienced such a profound improvement in my experience.
But, given the choice, I'll always take that dialed feeling of more-instantaneous engagement for technical trails. I love being able to load my pedals at any time without my cranks rotating a bunch. I notice it even more now always riding flat pedals than I did when I clipped in as well.
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The Factor hubs are interesting in that they're using EZO bearings a la Project 321 (who actually used to use I9 drive systems). Is Factor doing any of their manufacturing or assembly in the USA? It raises an eyebrow that it doesn't appear to be clearly stated anywhere on their site.
Dec. 16, 2021, 10:06 p.m. - Andrew Major
Just to roll back to it, I've ridden plenty of bikes with less POE and they've been fine. While I'd always rather have a faster-engaging hub I think this is the first time that I've swapped wheels and experienced such a profound improvement in my experience. But, given the choice, I'll always take that dialed feeling of more-instantaneous engagement for technical trails. I love being able to load my pedals at any time without my cranks rotating a bunch. I notice it even more now always riding flat pedals than I did when I clipped in as well. \-\-\-\-\- The Factor hubs are interesting in that they're using EZO bearings a la Project 321 (who actually used to use I9 drive systems). Is Factor doing any of their manufacturing or assembly in the USA? It raises an eyebrow that it doesn't appear to be clearly stated anywhere on their site.