totaled a suicide hub
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totaled a suicide hub
since so many people say they ride on these all the time and had no problems, here's one for the other perspective. I was dinking around on my trash bike last night and doing a skid felt the cog slip. the hub has probably less than a mile on it. the cog was rotofixed on and sealed with red loctite and I was using a BB lockring also with red locktite. running 42x16 and i'm about 200 lbs. I wouldn't put a lot of faith into this kind of setup for sure now.
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Im 280lbs and I can skid all day long on my suicide hub. I put the cog on w/ JBweld. I actually wanted it off about a week ago.... its not coming off. BTW, it was on my urban MTB 32x18
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Yeah JB Weld is another realm I think. The thing is I see people saying like they just rotofix and that's it and skid all day. well maybe i'm doing it wrong or something but the odds just don't look that good to me.
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suicide hub + back pedal pressure skidding= bad idea
suicide hub + F & R brakes= good idea
brakes useage is MUCH cheaper on not stripped hub threads and tires.
suicide hub + F & R brakes= good idea
brakes useage is MUCH cheaper on not stripped hub threads and tires.
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Originally Posted by MrCjolsen
Why not just use your rear brake for skidding?
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Originally Posted by chunts
Yeah JB Weld is another realm I think. The thing is I see people saying like they just rotofix and that's it and skid all day. well maybe i'm doing it wrong or something but the odds just don't look that good to me.
And with the blue loctite, I was still able to remove the cog when I needed too :-)
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I haven't had any problems with my suicide hub on my beater. It's all about the prep work: clean all the threads including cog and lockring thoroughly, wire brush the threads, clean again, let dry, apply red loctite, rota fix cog, tighten lockring, and let dry a couple days.
I weigh 200lbs
I weigh 200lbs
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Originally Posted by Nekura
Go on a diet!