iro cog and lockring
10-03-07 | 05:46 PM
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jerk store
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From: Boston
Bikes: '80s Chimo Garbage fixed 36/14, Centurion fixed 42/17
I don't know, but I will recommend that you never skimp on your cog and lockring. It's the one spot on your bike where you really need to pony up and get the good stuff.
10-03-07 | 06:18 PM
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Body By Nintendo
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From: Videogames ruined my life. Good thing i have 2 extra lives.
Bikes: Giant TCR2, Giant TCX, IRO BFSSFG SE, Salsa Casseroll, IRO Rob Roy.
10-03-07 | 06:26 PM
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IRO cogs are machined and not stamped...which means they are probably fine. I would imagine they are equivalent in quality to Surly or Soma cogs..which are both fine. At any rate, I've never heard of anyone stripping a hub with one.
10-04-07 | 07:46 AM
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Make sure you put lock tight on it. After about 50 miles of riding my new IRO complete my lock ring and cog broke loose on a down hill skid stop. I didn't know that it's advised to do some hard skids then go back and retighten your cog and lock ring, thanks to my LBS now I know.
10-04-07 | 07:47 AM
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i got the build kit, and if i remember correctly i got a soma.
10-04-07 | 08:17 AM
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Bikes: Giant TCR2, Giant TCX, IRO BFSSFG SE, Salsa Casseroll, IRO Rob Roy.
10-04-07 | 08:46 AM
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There aren't as many suppliers as people selling cogs, though I think the old IRO are the surly/rockwerks design.
You can't buy a bad cog any more, some completes come with stamped cogs but I've never seen one for sale in the wild.
You can't buy a bad cog any more, some completes come with stamped cogs but I've never seen one for sale in the wild.
