[Mercier] What are the chances?
08-10-07, 11:33 AM
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[Mercier] What are the chances?
That the Mercier Kilo TT comes stock with a Dura-Ace cog?
Here's why I ask: I recently got a Kilo TT and hearing that the cog and lockring is trash, I immediately took the rear wheel to my FLBS and had the cog/lockring swapped out for the Dura-Ace equivalents. A few days later my son was asking me what's so special about a fixed-gear bike, so I pulled out a freewheel and the stock Kilo TT cog to illustrate the difference. It was then that I noticed "Shimano" and "Dura Ace" stamped into the cog.
So... one of two things happened: the guys at the FLBS pulled off the stock cog and accidentally put it back on instead of the Dura Ace cog I bought, or my stock Kilo TT wheel came stock with a Dura Ace cog and I now have two 16t Dura Ace cogs.
Here's why I ask: I recently got a Kilo TT and hearing that the cog and lockring is trash, I immediately took the rear wheel to my FLBS and had the cog/lockring swapped out for the Dura-Ace equivalents. A few days later my son was asking me what's so special about a fixed-gear bike, so I pulled out a freewheel and the stock Kilo TT cog to illustrate the difference. It was then that I noticed "Shimano" and "Dura Ace" stamped into the cog.
So... one of two things happened: the guys at the FLBS pulled off the stock cog and accidentally put it back on instead of the Dura Ace cog I bought, or my stock Kilo TT wheel came stock with a Dura Ace cog and I now have two 16t Dura Ace cogs.
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08-10-07, 12:01 PM
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Because I don't have a lockring tool, and the stamping is covered by the lockring. I figured I'd ask here to see if anyone knew of a batch of rogue Kilo TT's having DA cogs or something.
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08-10-07, 12:24 PM
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Mine definitely came with a 16T Dura Ace cog. This was on a 2006 Kilo TT. Cogs are cheap, it doesn't surprise me that they would spent a couple more dollars to put that coveted "Dura Ace" label on a cheap bike for marketing purposes.
08-10-07, 01:24 PM
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HAHAHAH!
"This dumba*s wants me to replace a 16t Dura Ace cog with a... 16t Dura Ace cog. 'Tard."
That does it. I'm getting my own lockring tool and chain whip.
"This dumba*s wants me to replace a 16t Dura Ace cog with a... 16t Dura Ace cog. 'Tard."
That does it. I'm getting my own lockring tool and chain whip.
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08-10-07, 02:27 PM
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they come with da 3/32" cogs
08-10-07, 02:30 PM
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Yeah... I've now determined both that fact and my own idiocy. All in one fell swoop. 
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08-10-07, 02:54 PM
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You called it up there, that's for sure.
*giggle*
*shaking head*
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08-10-07, 03:04 PM
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I laughed so hard, I farted just a little.
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08-10-07, 03:10 PM
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If they are using dura ace cogs, why are they using such cheap lockrings? Lockrings cost even less than cogs. Doesn't make sense to me.
08-10-07, 03:12 PM
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You got me.
But now I have an extra 16t Dura Ace cog kicking around. Never bad to have spares, I suppose.
Oh, and a really cheap lockring. Heh.
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trying to give that away? I'd be happy to take that off of your hands 
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