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08-08-05, 07:47 PM
My flip-flop hub (and the fg-conversion it gave birth to) had just turned 2 months old yesterday. I was coming to a stop last night when I felt got that disconcerting feeling of coasting on a bike that is expressly not intended to do so. When I stopped I saw the lockring was popped off and there was a 15cm corkscrew of aluminum attached to it. I was heartbroken.
1) Was it something I did? Granted I just now learned to skid after buying a new front rim (can now hand-brake accurately) and a set of armadillo-no-grip-treads, and granted it was a crappy Suzue hub... But did I install my cog/ring improperly by just screwing them on "finger-tight" then letting my constant starting and stopping tighten it? or should I have used a chainwhip and a lockring tool to tighten them? I thought these were only for taking it off...Should I have used loc-tite even though I have a proper track hub? wouldn't that mean I'm stuck with one cog forever?
2) What should I do to fix it? just red loctite the sucker? Get the wheel rebuilt at yojimbo's? I still haven't used the flip side of my flip-flop hub..isn't there some kind of lockring for that side? Should I weld it? I don't feel too safe with _just_ loc-tite.
1) Was it something I did? Granted I just now learned to skid after buying a new front rim (can now hand-brake accurately) and a set of armadillo-no-grip-treads, and granted it was a crappy Suzue hub... But did I install my cog/ring improperly by just screwing them on "finger-tight" then letting my constant starting and stopping tighten it? or should I have used a chainwhip and a lockring tool to tighten them? I thought these were only for taking it off...Should I have used loc-tite even though I have a proper track hub? wouldn't that mean I'm stuck with one cog forever?
2) What should I do to fix it? just red loctite the sucker? Get the wheel rebuilt at yojimbo's? I still haven't used the flip side of my flip-flop hub..isn't there some kind of lockring for that side? Should I weld it? I don't feel too safe with _just_ loc-tite.