Hope hub - safe to ride?

[Tootyred]

Once again it brings up the oxymoron of "hope" ....although......

 

[bikeworkshop]

 

[legrandefromage]

That's new old stock

 

[Cloverleaf]

No riding involved in this one thankfully. Spotted the crack and removed the hub from the wheel as the rim can have a second life. The hub is toast. Or spares I guess.

The originals were tapered and had a sharp angled chamfer onto the titanium centre tube. Later ones were constant diameter rather than tapered, and the chamfer was rounded - this was introduced at the same time as the revised rear free hub taper from a single angle to a double step. These seemed much less likely to fail, albeit I'd still keep the spoke tension as low as possible!