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Old 05-04-10 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by clink83
Putting a threaded lockring on is a waste of time unless it is counter-threaded . I don't know about you, but I don't really feel like some red locktight is strong enough to withstand 200lbs of body weight.
Its the same technology that's been used on headsets, hubs, and bottom brackets for years....I get the feeling that a normal threaded lockring is a suitable way of making sure something doesn't back off, if it wasn't then they would have thought of something better by now.

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