Originally Posted by stevo
"you only need to have a problem once, then you will appreciate using a lockring"
sounds like my argument for brakes.
18 years without a lockring.
I don't really understand the argument for NOT using a lock ring. Spend $10 and slap it on, you won't even notice it. Okay it takes a little more work to change cogs, but do you really change it that much?
Brakes, that's different. You can actually SEE brakes and sometimes finding an appropriate brake lever is troublesome. There can actually be an argument for the aesthetics that can be made, while for the lock ring, NO.