****ing ProMax
11-06-05 | 11:31 PM
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boston - I saw that too. But ask them if they will warranty the hubs based on skidding and skipping. I'd be curious to hear their side. If they do - sweet!
I know that if a hub is poorly constructed and fails due to that, of course - warranty time.
side note - was EAI disty for ProMax before that? Hmmm...
I know that if a hub is poorly constructed and fails due to that, of course - warranty time.
side note - was EAI disty for ProMax before that? Hmmm...
11-07-05 | 03:00 AM
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I'm sorry to hear about your hub.
I just wanted to give a thumbs up to the ProMax hubs. For the money, they used to be the best hub you could by at a sensible price.
I've owned two ProMaxs in six years of riding fixed and beat on them all day long, as well as switched cogs for track racing and I've never had a problem with the threads.
This is using them with DA lock rings, not Surly. All I can think of is that I recall that didn't some of the earlier Surly lockrings have all kinds of problems? That was just my thought, especially in light of your observation that the threading on the lock ring looks iffy.
I had a Surly locking once but the thing never seemed to want to seat very well on my hub. It didn't thread on nice and smooth like a DA one and seemed kind of flimsy really.
I would finger the lockring over the hub. But who knows?
I just wanted to give a thumbs up to the ProMax hubs. For the money, they used to be the best hub you could by at a sensible price.
I've owned two ProMaxs in six years of riding fixed and beat on them all day long, as well as switched cogs for track racing and I've never had a problem with the threads.
This is using them with DA lock rings, not Surly. All I can think of is that I recall that didn't some of the earlier Surly lockrings have all kinds of problems? That was just my thought, especially in light of your observation that the threading on the lock ring looks iffy.
I had a Surly locking once but the thing never seemed to want to seat very well on my hub. It didn't thread on nice and smooth like a DA one and seemed kind of flimsy really.
I would finger the lockring over the hub. But who knows?
11-13-05 | 02:00 AM
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So we got another Promax of some model in the shop the other day. It really looks like, even the non-stripped, threads on my hub looked considerably more shallow than the new hub. I'm really considering trying to get a hold of Suzue.
11-13-05 | 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by [165]
boston - I saw that too. But ask them if they will warranty the hubs based on skidding and skipping. I'd be curious to hear their side. If they do - sweet!
I know that if a hub is poorly constructed and fails due to that, of course - warranty time.
side note - was EAI disty for ProMax before that? Hmmm...
I know that if a hub is poorly constructed and fails due to that, of course - warranty time.
side note - was EAI disty for ProMax before that? Hmmm...
I know it's a little cheaper, but I can't for the life of me understand why every fixed rear hub isn't fixed/fixed.
11-13-05 | 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by $0.00/Gal
Just a sub question:
Do you think the use of track bikes/components on the street will ever reach a level where a company would make components specifically for street use? Like a hub with threads much beefier than anything currently available with matching lockrings/cogs?
Do you think the use of track bikes/components on the street will ever reach a level where a company would make components specifically for street use? Like a hub with threads much beefier than anything currently available with matching lockrings/cogs?
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11-13-05 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by $0.00/Gal
Just a sub question:
Do you think the use of track bikes/components on the street will ever reach a level where a company would make components specifically for street use? Like a hub with threads much beefier than anything currently available with matching lockrings/cogs?
Do you think the use of track bikes/components on the street will ever reach a level where a company would make components specifically for street use? Like a hub with threads much beefier than anything currently available with matching lockrings/cogs?
