Originally Posted by Ken Cox
EAI cogs appear to have the highest quality of machining, compared to some of the others.
I'd say "second highest" with Phil Wood at the top, but the E.A.I. sprockets are really nice.
Originally Posted by Ken Cox
Appearance doesn't necessarily mean anything.
That said, an article by Sheldon Brown or Phil Wood (can't remember) has me thinking a person should stick with one brand of cog, since the various cog manufacturers have tiny respective variations in their threading, and these variations, when one goes from one manufacturer to the other, will cause premature wear on the threads of the hub.
Nonsense. That's an imaginary issue.
You may be thinking of some B.S. that Surly put out to try to explain away the deficiencies of their first-generation fixed sprockets.
Sheldon "Interchangeabilitude" Brown
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