Originally Posted by frymaster

and the reason is that it sounds cool.

suicide hubs are perfectly safe to use provided you do your loctite job properly and use quality components. that means: make sure your hub threads are clean, clean, clean and degreased 'til they're squeaky, use lots of loctite, and chainwhip a good cog on securely... and wait for it to dry before riding.

do it right and 'suicide' hubs are perfectly safe.