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Hope have beefed up the hub flange to take radial lacing, but forgot to mention, it pulls the bearing bore apart. After that, bearing retaining is your only hope.
I wouldn't try it on the rear either.
broken_777-
Hope Mono RS hubs, 24 hole and below, I have built radially and not experienced bearing play.
I have also already said that I don't build the rear NDS radially because of the lack of "meat" in the hub flange. Even at lower NDS tensions the forces on CNC machined hubs radially can cause failure. I have seen this before personally.
t_w
If it's above 24 hole count Hope do not recommend it. The forces on the hub flange from radial lacing can lead to failure.
I never lace the rear hubs radially on the NDS myself. The front hubs I will lace radially but only those 24 hole and below as Hope have beefed up the hub flange so that it can take radial. Other wheelbuilders don't do this at all even in those low spoke counts with a specially reinforced hub. I don't believe, however, the rear is similarly reinforced.
Even if the hub flange doesn't crack, radial lacing in these hubs can lead to distortion of the hub causing bearing play.