I had a set of both airlites and resilion hubs. Ended up building up the resilions since they did seem a bit 'tougher'. Rode them around SF a while (also notorious for potholes) and didn't have any issues. However, the airlites were, well, much lighter...
Sean Flores San Francisco, CA
On Dec 18, 2007, at 11:28 AM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org
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> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:32:25 -0500 (EST)
> From: Andrew Gura <agura@earthlink.net>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]Airlite Questions
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> I'm wondering how strong Airlite fixed hubs are.
>
> I love them aesthetically and they make sense chronologically for
> the bike I'm putting together.
>
> I want to build up a set of fixed gear wheels to be ridden on the
> mean streets of LA with Airlites, but I'm curious if they're a good
> choice.
>
> I'm not looking for anything to jump curbs or do wheelies, but
> let's face it, there are some potholes out here that you could park
> a mini cooper in.
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> Any opinions would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew Gura
> Rainy Silver Lake, California