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05-26-12 | 08:23 PM
#3876
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 97
Likes: 0
From: Atl
Bikes: yes
I've always just cleaned them with dish soap. Shines them up like new. The ends will always fall apart after a year or so.. They're just something you have to replace after awhile.
05-26-12 | 08:27 PM
#3877
Don't really have a bike.
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 3,355
Likes: 0
From: Wenatchee, WA
get better grips.
05-26-12 | 08:44 PM
#3878
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
I really like Ourys but they definitely don't last long because the oils from your hands breaks them down really quickly. A'ME grips are awesome and last a long time.
Mountain bikes don't interest me at all.
Mountain bikes don't interest me at all.
05-26-12 | 08:48 PM
#3879
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 656
Likes: 0
If you put bar plugs in before you slip the pity's on it helps
05-26-12 | 08:49 PM
#3880
Still kicking.
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 19,659
Likes: 47
From: Annandale, New Jersey
Bikes: Bike Count: Rising.
And half the price of oury's.
Except for A'me's $200 heated grips.
Except for A'me's $200 heated grips.
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Appreciate the old bikes more than the new.
Appreciate the old bikes more than the new.
05-26-12 | 08:50 PM
#3881
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
05-26-12 | 09:57 PM
#3882
hamcycles.com
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 3,705
Likes: 2
which do you like more, your a23s to novatecs or your h+son to suzue
05-26-12 | 09:59 PM
#3883
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
I'd have to lean toward the TB14/Suzues but I think it may just be an aesthetic thing.
05-26-12 | 10:15 PM
#3886
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
I'm not really someone who notices a huge difference from one sealed-bearing track hub to another. They're light, but a lightweight hub really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things when it comes to wheels because it's not rotational weight. I like them better than the Phil Wood hub I had before that would slip forward every ten minutes and they've required zero maintenance. They're smooth but the bearings in my Suzues spin for a lot longer when my bike is up in the work stand.
05-26-12 | 10:17 PM
#3888
Fixie Infamous
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 10,480
Likes: 28
I'm not really someone who notices a huge difference from one sealed-bearing track hub to another. They're light, but a lightweight hub really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things when it comes to wheels because it's not rotational weight. I like them better than the Phil Wood hub I had before that would slip forward every ten minutes and they've required zero maintenance. They're smooth but the bearings in my Suzues spin for a lot longer when my bike is up in the work stand.
05-26-12 | 10:21 PM
#3889
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
I believe they're machined. I'd have to measure the flange thickness.
05-26-12 | 10:22 PM
#3890
Fixie Infamous
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 10,480
Likes: 28
Just curious if they'd be able to handle a radial front.
05-26-12 | 10:23 PM
#3891
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
The spec sheet I have says they can.
05-26-12 | 10:25 PM
#3892
i smell bacon
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,574
Likes: 1
Bikes: Geekhouse Deerfield, GT Edge Ti, Spooky Skeletor, TET Track, Ritchey P-650b, Bridgestone MB-3
Novatecs are great, IMO, especially for the price. Even more especially 'cuz they're on sale at RG.
05-26-12 | 10:25 PM
#3893
i smell bacon
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,574
Likes: 1
Bikes: Geekhouse Deerfield, GT Edge Ti, Spooky Skeletor, TET Track, Ritchey P-650b, Bridgestone MB-3
And I have a 32h radially laced Novatec front hub, fwiw.
05-26-12 | 10:26 PM
#3894
Fixie Infamous
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 10,480
Likes: 28
I've heard you shouldn't radially lace machined hubs, but I trust you more than internets. lol.
05-26-12 | 10:30 PM
#3896
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
They may very well be forged. I just assumed they were machined but could find out for sure.
05-26-12 | 10:31 PM
#3897
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle
05-26-12 | 10:33 PM
#3898
Fixie Infamous
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 10,480
Likes: 28
That'd be sweet. I'm high maintenance, my bad, haha.
I clicked your kagero sig and was like WELL LOOKY HERE
05-26-12 | 10:36 PM
#3900
Thread Starter
Your cog is slipping.
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 26,053
Likes: 100
From: Beverly MA
Bikes: EAI Bareknuckle