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Old 11-23-12 | 03:10 PM
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Your cog is slipping.
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From: Beverly MA

Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle

I'm not using any Loctite but I am using a BB lockring - even though some people on this forum swear it's useless.

Not really sure how many miles are on it but it's the bike I ride in the rain, on quick shop errands, when I'm carrying stuff (as pictured) and during the winter. While I do ride it quite a bit, the longest ride I've ever done on it has been about two miles to the beach pictured on roads with very little car traffic.

Once when I was skidding like a maniac in the parking lot across the street from the shop trying to get the cog to loosen up/fail, I snapped the non drive side crank arm instead (it was just a cheapo crank but still). I'd say the cog isn't going anywhere...

I'll probably throw a brake on one of these days.

By the way: I'm not saying everyone should go out and ride a brakeless fixed gear bike equipped with a suicide hub at maximum speed and busting mad skidz in busy downtown traffic. I'm just saying that in my experience, I have had no trouble and most "reports" of how completely unsafe it is are typically made by people who have never done it.

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