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suicide hub failures are likely to be greasy threads (beware using thread lock - at higher torques it just becomes a lubricant ! )
get both threads clean (degrease them ) get it on tight (rotafix method)
i've done dozens and not a single problem even when skid stopping (but i'd never use one without brakes. )
if you feel a cog go loose - safest thing to do is slam on the brakes but pedal fast and try to wind it back on .
the suicidal part of a suicide hub is not riding one but not setting it up properly -
and then riding it without brakes (which is pretty reckless even with a proper track hub set up ).
^ re disagreeing with sheldon - i'd have concurred until recently - you couldn't fault anything he said.
but he seems to agree with shimanos hype and bulls*t over the biopace orientation . anyone riding realistically hard gears at a realistic cadence will benefit from the traditional orientation. i've tried this out for myself with some pretty eggy rings, theres' no jolt or snatch at BDC or TDC, just easier climbing and hard pedaling
so he is fallible after all