Is bigger always better? (Hub Quality)
#26
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yeah - bad installation.
hey, though, your hub isn't toast. take off the lockring and cog, clean and re-grease the threads, and reinstall.
hey, though, your hub isn't toast. take off the lockring and cog, clean and re-grease the threads, and reinstall.
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Originally Posted by queerpunk
yeah - bad installation.
hey, though, your hub isn't toast. take off the lockring and cog, clean and re-grease the threads, and reinstall.
hey, though, your hub isn't toast. take off the lockring and cog, clean and re-grease the threads, and reinstall.
#28
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what?
i'm telling you to reinstall your track cog, you fixie addict. the fact that it slipped does not mean that you've stripped the threads. and you should grease the threads - grease is what makes you able to tighten threaded interfaces tightly enough against each other, and preserves the interface, meaning you can later remove something like a cog, and put it on again.
i'm telling you to reinstall your track cog, you fixie addict. the fact that it slipped does not mean that you've stripped the threads. and you should grease the threads - grease is what makes you able to tighten threaded interfaces tightly enough against each other, and preserves the interface, meaning you can later remove something like a cog, and put it on again.
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Originally Posted by queerpunk
what?
i'm telling you to reinstall your track cog, you fixie addict. the fact that it slipped does not mean that you've stripped the threads. and you should grease the threads - grease is what makes you able to tighten threaded interfaces tightly enough against each other, and preserves the interface, meaning you can later remove something like a cog, and put it on again.
i'm telling you to reinstall your track cog, you fixie addict. the fact that it slipped does not mean that you've stripped the threads. and you should grease the threads - grease is what makes you able to tighten threaded interfaces tightly enough against each other, and preserves the interface, meaning you can later remove something like a cog, and put it on again.
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Originally Posted by number18
praise god you only stripped the formula and not the campy....
for $158 which is the cheapest i've found so far. but i dunno if its really worth it. what do you think?
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yeah an improperly installed cog can strip because if there's any play that just magnifies the force. over time it'll fatigue the metal regardless of your hub/cog quality. it almost makes more sense this happened after a while then right away, if it wasn't tight enough.
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I think there must be some 'bedding-in' time with all hub/cog combos. My Suzue Promax/phil cog combo was fine for a week and then *slip*. Loosened it all off and then tightened heavily and all has been fine for months now.
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yeah, you need to tighten it up after riding it for a bit--I think you put much more force on the cog while riding than you do when installing the first time.
as for hub smoothness, I'm not one to say, gyeswho, how good phils are--all I know is that people absolutely love them. (shrugs) that doesn't mean nothing, though, because people love all sorts of irrationally expensive things.
as for hub smoothness, I'm not one to say, gyeswho, how good phils are--all I know is that people absolutely love them. (shrugs) that doesn't mean nothing, though, because people love all sorts of irrationally expensive things.
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Originally Posted by Placid Casual
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is such a thrill!
Life is such a thrill!
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Originally Posted by number18
yeah, you need to tighten it up after riding it for a bit--I think you put much more force on the cog while riding than you do when installing the first time.
as for hub smoothness, I'm not one to say, gyeswho, how good phils are--all I know is that people absolutely love them. (shrugs) that doesn't mean nothing, though, because people love all sorts of irrationally expensive things.
as for hub smoothness, I'm not one to say, gyeswho, how good phils are--all I know is that people absolutely love them. (shrugs) that doesn't mean nothing, though, because people love all sorts of irrationally expensive things.
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i weigh 215 ish and sometimes carry up to 30lbs of stuff with me and i have NEVER had an issue. (besides once i used a stamped cog) I ussually just roto-fix my surly cog on preeeeeeetty tight, then tighten the living hell out of my formula lockring.
all things are good.
all things are good.
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Originally Posted by sprintcarblue
i weigh 215 ish and sometimes carry up to 30lbs of stuff with me and i have NEVER had an issue. (besides once i used a stamped cog) I ussually just roto-fix my surly cog on preeeeeeetty tight, then tighten the living hell out of my formula lockring.
all things are good.
all things are good.
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thinkin about it. i know why it stripped. the man uses a chisel and hammer to tighten things. i guess since it worked for him all these years (he's about 60 and an ex asian track champ) it would work for me. only diff is im probably 30-40 heavier. im 5'11 and he looks about 5'7 or 8
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Originally Posted by Gyeswho
thinkin about it. i know why it stripped. the man uses a chisel and hammer to tighten things.
Thanks.
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Perhaps this has already been mentioned, but the problem may have just been a crappy hub (meaning your particular hub, not formulas in general, was faulty) and not the installation.
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Originally Posted by number18
as for hub smoothness, I'm not one to say, gyeswho, how good phils are--all I know is that people absolutely love them. (shrugs) that doesn't mean nothing, though, because people love all sorts of irrationally expensive things.
While we're on the topic, does anyone think it's worth my while to reinstall my track cog and grease the threads, or should I just leave it, 'what's done is done'? I didn't use any grease when I put it on a month or two ago. If there's an increasing chance that it could cease onto the hub the longer I ride it then I'll definitely wanna grease the sucker.
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Originally Posted by number18
as for hub smoothness, I'm not one to say, gyeswho, how good phils are--all I know is that people absolutely love them. (shrugs) that doesn't mean nothing, though, because people love all sorts of irrationally expensive things.
While we're on the topic, does anyone think it's worth my while to reinstall my track cog and grease the threads, or should I just leave it, 'what's done is done'? I didn't use any grease when I put it on a month or two ago. If there's an increasing chance that it could cease onto the hub the longer I ride it then I'll definitely wanna grease the sucker.