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I had an Ambrosio front hub fail the same way when I did an emergency stop. Didn't go over the bars but when I'd stopped I saw wheel was totalled. It was laced radially with titanium spokes (although I''m not sure that makes any difference) I wondered if it was the torque of braking that did it but then read of similar failures with the same hub so I guess that was it.