I apologise if this issue has been discussed before, but I've had a bit of a search and can't find anything....
I've had a cheap Ambrosio/Formula hi-flange on my beater for about a year now. I ride daily with lowish gear, 28c tyres, and do a lot of skip and skid-stops so no real surprise that I've stripped out the lockring thread. On both sides. Just went like cheese in the end and fell out. I mourn it not, for it was cheap indeed and got me through a grim winter, but my questions are thus:
Do all traditional track threaded hubs suffer the same inherent weakness? After all, the system was not originally designed to withstand such abuse. If I got a goldtec or a phil, can I stop worrying about it? Or,
If you know you are going to cane it shitless on a daily basis, is one better to get a proprietary splined system like this
Or even a bolt-on affair, like this:
Before I chuck the knackered cheap double-fixed-with-no-lockring-threads into the dustbin, are there any ideas for keepin it going? Even for another few months would be benificial. Only ones I can think of ar loctite (won't work) or welding an aluminium sprocket in place (don't know anyone who can weld ally).
PS anyone tried riding with no lockring recently? After a few pints? Fuckin horrible
I apologise if this issue has been discussed before, but I've had a bit of a search and can't find anything....
I've had a cheap Ambrosio/Formula hi-flange on my beater for about a year now. I ride daily with lowish gear, 28c tyres, and do a lot of skip and skid-stops so no real surprise that I've stripped out the lockring thread. On both sides. Just went like cheese in the end and fell out. I mourn it not, for it was cheap indeed and got me through a grim winter, but my questions are thus:
Or even a bolt-on affair, like this:
PS anyone tried riding with no lockring recently? After a few pints? Fuckin horrible
Olly