Old 12-20-12 | 10:25 AM
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bones_mcbones
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Bikes: Fiori Fixie powder blue w/ granny bars

Originally Posted by sinikl
so the lockring being loose after i got the cog tighter via riding caused the hub to fail? the lockring was subsequently tightened up since then. i see your point tho, that area of the hub was stressed repeatedly.

If anything i would have thought the threads would fail before the hub cracking.
There is a compression force between the thread section and the hub body, could be excessive with excessive tightening.

I need pics to fully access the failure mode.
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