Old 01-30-10 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by HandsomeRyan
When done correctly this may be true but there are a lot of different homebrew solutions for making suicide hubs and some of them are certainly dangerous [hence the name "Suicide Hub".
again +1

If by chance you can get your bike set up with enough room for the cog to safely unscrew itself (completly before it hits the stays) than it can also be done reletivly safely but this isn't always possible.
Also brakes are 100% necessary with a suicide hub
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