Originally Posted by
TejanoTrackie
I have never liked splined cranks for that reason, and have always stayed with traditional square taper and adjustable open bearing BBs. I've seen people at the track have problems with splined cranks on other brands like FSA.
T-trackie, I'm not sure if you understoood me or not, but just to be clear (and for others reading this), the WI ENO cranks uses a square taper BB. However, the crank mates with the chainring via a spined interface that is identical to the track hub interface and is held on by a lockring. This splined interface functions properly when riding in SS mode, because the torque is unidirectional. However when riding fixed, the rocking back and forth of the chainring loosens the lockring.
Originally Posted by
TejanoTrackie
As far as splined cogs is concerned, it seems to me that if you have to apply loctite on the lockring to prevent it from loosening, that totally defeats the primary pupose of the splined interface, which is to permit easy and quick gear changes at the track.
Agreed 100%.