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It’s actually because the patent expired in January 2020 and that’s why there was a sudden explosion of hubs on Aliexpress with ratchets made by Ztto and a few others. It’s also why there are a few more legitimate companies making hubs with ratchet drives now.
Just got this email from Hunt!
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Hmm I reckon the Nukeproof ratchets that were for sale on wiggle/crc were very likely manufactured by the same factories producing the ones on Aliexpress.
If that’s the case then it didn’t really make the £30 that much of a bargain compared to buying them on AliX.
As far as I understand it, it is not a case of DT Swiss licensing the ratchet to Nukeproof.
It’s actually because the patent expired in January 2020 and that’s why there was a sudden explosion of hubs on Aliexpress with ratchets made by Ztto and a few others. It’s also why there are a few more legitimate companies making hubs with ratchet drives now.
I have genuine DT ratchets in one 350 hub and Aliexpress ratchets in another hub. The AliX ones have been running for about 2 years with no issues at all.
DT Swiss definitely weren’t making the ratchets for Nukeproof!