Lockring for Formula Hub

believe me, as soon as i qualify and start seeing some money i will be all over some new wheels like stink on do-do.

just got the dura-ace lockring and even that is a 200% better than the tin that they came with...

the alloy lockrings are rubbish, i wouldn't even give my old one to someone.

dogsballs the alloy lockrings are rubbish, i wouldn't even give my old one to someone.

You'd sell it to 'em though, right? :P

chris crash [quote]JP What do you do with them? Hit em with a hammer? It takes about a year of every day-all day riding to wear out the bearings on a rear sys ex and about two years for the front... You can upgrade the bearings as well...

destory the track nuts, bent the axel on one after 3 months, the barrings went out after 4.5 months, destoryed the lockring, and cracked the washers.. bascily everything but the hub body.[/quote]

Sounds like you need a good quality spanner, get rid of that rack on the back of your bike. The bearings probably went because you didn't check the washers/lock nuts when you got them and thus got fucked bearings/cracked washers...
Oh and you didn't get a Dura-ace lockring!

i use a craftsman forged open/closed 15mm spanner... so no problem there, the washers and lock nuts where fine when i built it the bike, and when i replaced the axel. and no i got a decent lockring when the stock one cracked... but no i just avoid all that mess, and ride better hubs, execpt on my beater.

me too... but I do have a set of ex-system/ambrosio/IRO/formula hubs (they are all the same) on my...

3rensho.

which I suppose... is my beater!

to each their own.. just saying they dont work for me so i cant recomend them to some one else, innit

I've never had a problem with them on that bike, or on any of the 50 bikes I built last year...

ok :)

I am currently rocking a formula on the back of my Eddy Merckx - it's a good street hub that stands up to bad weather and low maintenance and the track nuts grip better than the aluminium caps that came with my goldtec.

if they had "phil" written on them crash would say they are great, just admit that you think there rubbish because there not phil woods, and you needed a reason to say "yay i have shiney phil posenger hubs".blah blah blah

no i think they are rubish beacuse even the cheepo unseald suzie hub i had on my old fuji conversion out lasted them by 6 months.

you critise formula hubs when you owned a fuji conversion??????

yup first fixed was old school free frame, good for leaning on the cheap, so when i spent real money i would know what i want.

and your extensive experiance in cycles and fixed wheel components amazes me!?!

im not trying to amaze you, just sharing an experince, and why i think formulars are shit.

if i was going to amaze you it would envolve some kind of triand moneky and fire.

redrum if they had "phil" written on them crash would say they are great, just admit that you think there rubbish because there not phil woods, and you needed a reason to say "yay i have shiney phil posenger hubs".blah blah blah

i don't think u have you ridden on phils?

well dont think then?
but i have, and they are good hubs, but there aint a huge difference between them and formula from my experiance working on them both!!! i just dont like the stupid comment like get some "decent hubs" assuming the the poster has some amazing superiour knowledge.

mabey untwist your panties and realize that some times people joke....

redrum but there aint a huge difference between them and formula from my experiance working on them both!!!

fark, now i know you're on crack!!

hahahaha

funny thing is you were serious, and after the mass of comments stating that what you were saying was rubbish you have decided to pretend that you meant it as a joke!

i ment my attitude as a joke, i still think formula is shit as a hub in my experience....

i sold my phils cheap because they wern't that different from other less expensive hubs.