Goldtec track hubs!

eai and condor ones work fine for me with the goldtecs

got a surly cog + DA lockring on mine, works a treat

da lockring too

Andel lockring and cog work nicely on mine...

nuknow: Use a chainwhip the whole way. Its much easier.
Murtle: Annodising goes in more then it goes up. Its more likely to be an issue of "high quality" made in britain produce from a company of 'exceedingly' high quality.

fair enough, i sweated like a very sweaty thing and swore for an hour trying to get mine on.
didn't move once on though :)
and have since changed it 3 times.

After a bit of 'back&forth' and some grease it went perfect*, with the chain whip obviously.
The lock ring was just tighten at the very end since it got in perfectly by hand.
I guess it was the anodizing as well on mine.

*I did swore/sweated a lot

Here it is, perfect now

oooooooh, thupersthar!

Anyone know where I can get a 120 rear axle from? Need one urgently. Already emailed betd

Give them a call. They took ages to get back to me on email, but really quick on the phone. Quick postage too

cool, Ill give em a ring first thing tomorrow

Where can i actually go into a shop and puy some Pro's? any ideas would help, my money is burning a hole in my pocket

give goldtec a ring and ask?

shop 14?

tried tokyofixed and condor, no stock, just emailed 14.. looks like i'll have to wait.. getting my hands on some silver pros.. how durable are these ceramic bearings?

Ring goldtec, theyll ship you a set out next day delivery if you ask them

I tried one of these not so long ago - it was in pewter, which apparently they stopped making due to colour variations. A couple of things I did not like: those washers for the axle bolts are pure cheese. Absolutely hopeless and make it very hard to get a good tighten-up. Also (with the track ends on the Bob Jackson anyway) the oversize axle that uses flats to allow the axle to fit is a complete PITA. I found that it often "caught" on the way in, thus jamming slightly. No biggie, but not fun on a rainy cold night.

Sorry to bring this up, but after a bit of Googling about EAI cogs and Goldtec hubs I finally found some info in this thread.

Took them to the bike shop and they say they don't fit together. What's the best advice? Grease them up and go slowly? Use a chain whip? Never done this before and don't want to damage the threads.

Cheers.

It sounds like some people have problems with the EAI + goldtec, but not with DA... so go for DA I guess, they are good cogs. Maybe also check the transmission database to see what cogs people use.

When installing use lots of grease*, and screw it on slowly and carefully to start. Personally I think the rotafixing method, where you use the wheel to tighten it is better than a chainwhip. Just be careful not to damage your paint.

*copper grease is recomended by lots of people

Not really sure where else to post this so for future reference:

1. If you need to replace the Goldtec Top-hat washers you can order them from BETD but you have to phone them directly. I just ordered 4 and it cost approx £12

2. If you find the alloy washers too weak they now do a stainless steel version, but in raw finish only. Not idea on price.

Just got a pair myself, sorry for the pointless post, still don't know how to subscribe to a thread without posting in it.

Sorry to bring this up, but after a bit of Googling about EAI cogs and Goldtec hubs I finally found some info in this thread.

Took them to the bike shop and they say they don't fit together. What's the best advice? Grease them up and go slowly? Use a chain whip? Never done this before and don't want to damage the threads.

Cheers.

You could try reaming the threads on the EAI.

I recently got a used DA cog that fitted on everything bar my Miche hub and every cog bar the DA fit on the Miche hub. Quick spin through with the BB thread reamer (threads are the same size, don't use the left hand threaded tap!) and the DA now fits the Miche. I had to use a chain whip to hold the cog btw.

Rotafixing is for people with no (decent) chainwhip and/or no guns. I can skid my trackbike which has no lockring and a cog fitted using just a Park SR18.

Has anyone else using Goldtecs found that when tightening the bolts, the wheel then has a fair amount of resistance and feels quite notchy when turned?
I changed the bearings but it still feels the same, the wheel spins like a mutha when loose in the track ends.
I guess I could have a slightly bent axle.

Have you checked to ensure the bearing are properly, properly seated? If they sit even remotely proud you'll run into this problem. This happened the last time I changed bearings and it took me a while to work out what was causing it.