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@craignasty
hahaha... i know i know...
various reasons for radial... it can build into stiffer wheel - but that depends on builder of course
i was told many many years ago that its can help prevent to much damage to your hub/frame in case of a head on...
thens theres the aesthetics of course...
the alcorn hubs are a nice idea - really light, but bear in mind they were prototypes. there are only two in existence to my knowledge - clodge grabbed both from the maker, used a pair which he sold onto gbh, lil chris got the other pair for cgs and then passed them onto james at hh
fabricated locally in mcr, by a small machinist as a project.
cgs were gonna get a load and after testing we had the following conclusions...
the bearing housing wasnt that well machined - bearing wouldnt seat correctly
the spoke drilling on our pair wasnt that accurate - luckily we had obi wan guy build them...
4mm ak bolt seemed a little small for fastening a hub...
we might have got the first pair made - so cant fairly comment on quality of the ones on ebay