Brompton owners

I've had my Brommie for a year now. Don't use it much. Once or twice a month. Not that many miles.

Front hub made a funny noise on a 6 mile ride recently (no noise before). I stripped it the following day and replaced bearings. Turns out the hub is pitted (from use) and therefore new bearings aren't going to help much. WTF? Its hardly used? I'm not the biggest fan of loose ball bearing hubs but they're not usually this bad. Absolutely shite durability.

I'm hoping this is a one off or a Friday afternoon hub build. I probably should have checked it sooner but it felt fine.
So I'm stuck with a dilema:
New hub and rebuild? Or will I just run into the same problem?
Or Superlight front hub (might require new spokes). Are superlights any good? Cartridge bearing?

Any other hub options? Can't find much apart from the Dynamo options. Shim Capero have a front hub but its only 20 hole (I think). Don't fancy that suspension hub either. Looks like a solution to a problem I don't really have.
What I really want is for Hope to make a 74mm hub!

This looks nice but probably a bit too expensive. http://www.calhouncycle.com/shopcast/?p=43#comments

Crap, what's wrong with me:

I've just seen a Moulton in a local bike shop with a seriously narrow Hope Pro front hub. The guy in the shop reckoned it was about 70mm but couldn't measure it to be sure as it was hanging off the ceiling. It was branded up as a 'Hope/AM', so you'd probably have to go direct to Moulton for one.

Now, that makes more sense.