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@woffle
I see your exploding tyres in your hallway and raise you my exploding Royce hub:
Riding the commute home on a Friday evening a couple of weeks ago - the wheel had developed a minor wobble, not really enough to even justify adjusting the brakes. Thought "must get that trued" as I parked it up in the porch overnight.
Went to give the bike it's usual weekend clean (that's muck, not rust btw) in the morning and it wouldn't move - the hub had collapsed and the rim was jammed solid against the brakes...
Royce have it back and giving it the full x-rays etc to try and find out why, it was about 8 months old...