Cracks on hope hub shells, terminal?

mechanical_vandal · Nov 20, 2016

I have come across a nice Hope hub, think it's a Fatso?

Pretty decent condition other than a crack in one of the flanges.

Does this mean the end for this hub or do these cracks tend not to go anywhere?

kingbling · Nov 20, 2016

Its toast chap it will Travel like a migrant with guaranteed entry and free air fare to the UK

mechanical_vandal · Nov 21, 2016

kingbling":hpzs7aoq said:
Its toast chap it will Travel like a migrant with guaranteed entry and free air fare to the UK

Bollocks!

Ah well, I can try make something fun out of it then.

FluffyChicken · Nov 21, 2016

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It's a Suspension, not as bad as the FatSo for cracking.
That's actually quite wide compared to mine, I rode mine with cracks but hairline not wide open, for quite a bit. But eventually it was laid to rest ( I rammed it into a carpark height barrier).
But it's not worth the risk building it up.
Ornament it and find another hub

Oddly they tend not to travel up the rest of it.

Silvergoat · Nov 21, 2016

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That's bad. So much for expensive high-end British engineered/manufactured products – we should have a guaranteed future exporting to Johnny Foreigner then. No Hope.

RickTheUncivil · Nov 21, 2016

i was told by someone who claimed to know about these things that as long as the cups are well stuck on to the body then there is no problem.
I disagreed.
As above I am riding one of these with some very fine cracks and not bothered, but a wider crack might worry me.

cherrybomb · Nov 21, 2016

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Yeah, that's screwed.

I've had a few go that way, it's a common issue with them. They can crack out from the spoke holes to the edge of the flange too. I guess the titanium & aluminium must have different coefficients of expansion. It doesn't seem to effect the rears as much, but the flanges are thicker/chunkier on those.

Cracks on hope hub shells, terminal?

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