Originally Posted by
LóFarkas
Tight tolerances and stress-bearing knuckles or not, a couple of people have complained about bolts loosening and even strecthing (I have no idea how level managed to find such craptastic bolts, must have custom ordered them... the 3c bolts in the hardware store are better...)
The knuckles are not press fit like a sq taper crank so they don't really take over the stress, and 3 bolts are fewer than 6. The system is obviously plenty strong but not bombproof. IMHO 6 bolt is bombproof. Tighten all 6 with a regular multitool and done. There's just no way you'll generate enough torque to **** with 6 M5 bolts, not even with skidding and all that.
BTW, it's nice that they have a version w/ ss threads now. :thumbs up:
Again, it's a solid system solidly overpriced.
The problem, right now, with the disc bolt on system is that there is really no one manufacturing cogs (is boone still making them), the chainline (not that level's is perfect) situation can be iffy, and there aren't standard flip-flop options. if you're using a front hub, you're going to need to respace, and if you are using a rear, you're most likely dealing with mountain bike hub spacing and will have a freehub body hanging around. the freehub situation is fairly gnarly, because the wheel still has to be dished to the freehub side and the forces generated by the added disc cog are going to be on the under tensioned side of the wheel that isn't built to handle them.