Quote Originally Posted by SadieKate View Post
Easily serviceable as jobob says - Check on this. Chris King hubs take a proprietary tool set which your shop may or may not have. Other hubs can be serviced by the owner (i.e., you) with standard tools.
Not entirely true. Everything but a complete rebuild (which should not often be necessary barring malfunction) on a King can be accomplished with standard tools (and, with some mechanical knowledge, can be accomplished without a shop). A complete rebuild does require one specialized tool (which on the order of things is not egregiously expensive; not that I'll be buying one soon).

I'm not a King fangirl; in fact I probably would have went with HOPE hubs had I not gotten these wheels for basically what a King rear hub would cost me, but I'd still put them in the reasonably serviceable category (especially if you take care of them rather than waiting for them to break)

But, the point is valid. Make sure your shop can service what you purchase (or you can, if that's important to you) unless you are willing to send it back to the builder or manufacturer (King will service their hubs for you if you want to send them in).