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  • From a slightly different angle then: if you were going to build a strong bike for serious daily street abuse, would you use cheap track hubs? In fact, is there anyone out there doing just this long term with no problems? See I'm getting the message that if fitted correctly, the lockring threads are very very unlikely to fail, so no not reason not to use them? And no reason to consider the alternatives mentioned above?

    I started my fixed "life" with a (very) used wheel, with an on-one hub.. used it for about a year, changed bearings in it twice, then changed to a Miche (purely for the bling-factor)..
    This winter I have been using a used set of wheels with "Ambrosio"-hubs, one side lockring thread was smashed when I got the wheels, the other side was fine though.. The spoke tension was fucked up as well and I had to re-true the wheel. So, might indicate a previous user that wasn't that much into the technical stuff.. :) Changed the sprocket on the wheel and didn't have any problems with the other side..

    One problem with the cheap hubs is that the axles rust, and so does the nuts.

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