Practically EVERY one they made of that series suffered the flange cracking. The design was defective and they used the wrong grade of aluminium on top of which (and I got that told to me straight from the guys at nuke proof as I used to be a dealer for them).
Front Nuke proof hub 1st generation
- Thread starter FlyingV
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There's no avoiding the fatigue cracks, less tension in the spokes would probably make the situation worse if anything. The way they machined them was the main problem. If you build with those hubs, don't expect more than a few thousand kilometers of riding out of them before cracks appear. If you're lucky, the flange will crack where its bonded to the carbon center tube first and you'll spot that visually. If you're unlucky, the cracks will grow in the actual spoke zone and half the flange will spontaneously crack off destroying your wheel and leading to a crash while in motion (as happened to a racer friend of mine in the early 90s).
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