First attempt at mechanics, went pretty badly...

ive been thinking about suicide hubs, and how to make them not so suicidal

Fit two brakes to your bicycle. Problem solved. And of course, Sheldon knew this long ago http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_st-z.html

THE RULE with any threads ... do them up with ur fingers to "start it" before using the tool.

You don't need the lockring on super tight. Just ensure it's butted against the cog using the tool. It's only there to stop the cog spinning off, hence the reverse thread so should only be needed if you cog isn't tight enough/emergency back pedal.

I shattered my lock ring Tuesday when trying to avoid a car, the sprocket just freewheeled off the hub so i had to rotofix it on and ride home on a suicide hub

I now have a broken ring tightly attached to my hub and a small metal ring that is the outer part of my lock ring knocking about my bag.

i am looking at the bright side and will make something of that spare piece of metal. not sure what yet

Cockring

thats the front runner at the moment, its a touch tight and the jagged edges could take the edge off of what should be an enjoyable night. but in for a penny...

Work through the pain, it'll be worth it in the long run.

I shattered my lock ring Tuesday when trying to avoid a car,

Had you already snapped both brake cables?

So cycle surgery are cunts

No we aren't.

Langster hubs are renowned for being low quality. I know loads and loads of people who've stripped the threads on them, including my mate who i bought my langster off.

It is neither your fault (except for maybe riding it instead of getting it seen to), nor ours. And please don't say "if you know they're shit then why do you sell them" because if you do, I will literally eat your bike and shit it all over the floor.

Bad luck, I'll build you new a wheel if you want. PM me.

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I knew you were back.

Had you already snapped both brake cables?

Lockring assumes fixed gear. Fixed gear is typically a track bike. Track bikes don't have brake cables.

Scuse me?

also, my track bike has a brake cable.

I could be wrong but I swear you're ___.

A lot of road track bikes do have brake cables, I was just keeping with the pedantry.

I will literally eat your bike and shit it all over the floor.

i would quite to see this attempted. i have a doner bike for the cause. pm me.

Lockring assumes fixed gear. Fixed gear is typically a track bike. Track bikes don't have brake cables.

Riding on the road assumes at least a street legal bike, and better still one properly equipped to be ridden safely. Oh, and fixed != track, we were riding fixed on the road before tracks were even invented.

I prefer my argument. ;-)

Well, just an update,

I finally got a new wheel sorted, and at the same time got a new lockring, sprocket, chainring and chain, as I wanted to go up a few GI and apart from building the wheel I fitted it all myself.

I've already done a good few miles on it last night, and this mornings, no issues with it, and i'm already skidding much more than I ever did, as now I'm not always worried about the sprocket slipping.

I have to say it's a pretty good feeling doing all the work myself, and now that I have the tools I'll be saving a lot of money in the future.

I just need to learn how to build a wheel, but I don't have the time or patience at the moment.

i have found a vice works pretty good to remove a freewheel, but not if you want to use the freewheel again. fw in the vice and turn the wheel like a pirate. I have to agree with Jeez, tools are expensive and there are a lot you may end up needing only once, but doing your own bikes is great fun and improves your understanding of how your bike works which is never a bad thing

put the tool in the vice, turn the wheel. in my experience wrenches are useless for freewheel removal...

Watch your knuckles on the spokes....

Ah, don't you just love grazed knuckles? I wear my big winter gloves when I'm doing any lockring/sprocket removal now.... I used to have such beautiful hands... sigh