“@ZippSpeed: 88 hubs recalled by @ZippSpeed/@SRAMroad; retaining ring on front hub can fail. #Crash hazard http://t.co/EicZAas4x3”
“The aluminum hub shell is silver. The outside flange ring is gray aluminum in the standard option and blue, gold, gray, pink or red in the ZedTech options. The diameter of the two clinch nuts is approximately 1 inch. The first version of the 88 hub is the only one affected by the recall. The first version has the Z logo on the flange ring. The other versions – not affected by this recall – do not have the Z logo on the flange ring. The hubs were sold in five bike brands and sold individually”
Just happened to me last week. Luckily I was not on it and just moving to start a trainer ride. There was no weight on it and all of a sudden I heard this loud pop. It was strange as hell luckily SRAM is making good on it. Very interesting timing though.
Pretty sure that’s the hub on my 808s. If remedy is to replace the hub, who covers the cost to rebuild the wheel? Can’t find this on the recall notice or Sram/Zipp websites.
that is not the recalled version of the 88, that looks like second gen, like on the 2012 fc 808s, ie flange cover is much smaller than the recalled version
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Checked my wheels. Front 808 has the older? hub with carbon fiber flange cover. Rear 808 has the same hub with Z on the flange. Guess I need to contact Zipp and confirm whether this purely front hub, or if it’s rear hubs too.
2 of my friends had the very same issue…
Interesting. I had this happen to the rear, drive-side flange of 2013 Zipp 303’s with the black hubs a 1/2 mile after leaving a rest stop out on a t-shirt ride with some friends. Decided to rebuild front and rear wheels with DT Swiss 240s straight pull hubs resulting in a stronger, and slightly lighter wheelset and seeing this, now thinking I need to do the same with the wife’s 303 wheelset.
This cannot be. In the last thread about Zipp hub quality, everyone dismissed Zipp’s long history of shitty hubs. Everything is always fixed with the latest revision–well, until that revision becomes the old revision because the new revision fixes problems.
That makes it all the more scary. My bad though…it looked the same to me but it is on 2012 FC 404 there Eagle eye. Either way though SRAM/Zipp made it right with me just glad I was not actually riding it.
One example of why I’m a big fan of hand built wheels. I’m a little POed Zipp stopped selling rims to consumers like Enve still does. You can still get custom Zipps from some builders like Wheelbuilder.com. My first Zipp was a dimpled 404 laced to a White Industries hub with silver spokes…very flashy!
and apparently used on more recent model up to 2012… Just called re: my 2011/2012 vintage 303 tubular, and the rep confirmed it.
Funny enough i haven’t trusted this wheel for a while as there was a very faint noise coming from the front hub. Probably unrelated, but at least i get to solve that issue as well.
Only downside is that i have to pry the damn tubular off of the tire…
Either way though SRAM/Zipp made it right with me just glad I was not actually riding it.