jetski's toolbox - today: the most simple DIY wheel anti-theft nut

If the idea is of no use in your case, just ignore it.

The idea definitely works very well and the only thing that provides a better theft protection for the front wheel is a second mini D lock.

The idea definitely works very well

Does it?!

D- for O-level metalwork at best.

Nice idea I think it unlikely to work due to alignment problems after wheel changes, hence the commonly used castelated nuts used in various other applications. Althoough if you don't care how tight your nuts are go ahead.

RPM

good asshole work, using your better knowledge to belittle a not so great idea

will the fixie fuckwit apologists start clamouring for you to be banned?

if dancing james is post is aimed at me look for the irony, my nuts are tight and shall remain so.

Citron

You missed the point entirely

There was a debate about assholes here. And wether people felt intimidated or belittled by others comments. The problem is some people here have huge amounts on knowledge so of course others will feel intimidated by that knowledge. However clearly the person with the knowledge is not an asshole, I believe it would be worse if they withheld what they know.

^asshole.

^asshole.

^asshole - for making me feel like an asshole

i can see an infinite regression/progression of asshatery starting here

^asshole for pointing that out.

And this whole thread is terrible, you should be ashamed.

i imagine that if your axles are long enough, use a regular track nut for tightening, then one of these at the end. would be under no load so wouldn't affect axle weakness and the problem of alignment is eliminated. if i didn't have allen key ends i'd try it.

^asshole for pointing that out.

And this whole thread is terrible, you should be ashamed.

you are an asshole for keeping this thread alive and making people feel stupid for repeatedly highlighting their stupidity

you also keep upsetting the assholes by resurfacing their asshole posts

clearly a male male spacedocking thread here

asshole

Does it?!

D- for O-level metalwork at best.

grow up, or shut up.

i imagine that if your axles are long enough, use a regular track nut for tightening, then one of these at the end. would be under no load so wouldn't affect axle weakness and the problem of alignment is eliminated. if i didn't have allen key ends i'd try it.

yeah, exactly that's what I am talking about, and it works perfectly.

grow up, or shut up.

i think i should rep for pure comedy value, but i guess it was not intended this way

RPM is one of the grumpy old men of lfgss

grow up, or shut up.

There's no need to be rude. If you can't take comments then don't put it on an internet forum.

I am grown up enough to see most of your "ideas" are very poor.

and i am young enough to not feel like a pedo when watching porn. deal with it.

i imagine that if your axles are long enough, use a regular track nut for tightening, then one of these at the end. would be under no load so wouldn't affect axle weakness and the problem of alignment is eliminated. if i didn't have allen key ends i'd try it.

but it its not under tension against the nut that is holding the wheel in place then that nut can be loosened and the wheel removed

I think I'll stick to carrying 2 locks. Worth it for the extra visual deterrent if nothing else.

but it its not under tension against the nut that is holding the wheel in place then that nut can be loosened and the wheel removed

lawyer lips. plus, it could still be within a fag paper of the nut and you wouldn't be able to loosen it enough.

There's no need to be rude. If you can't take comments then don't put it on an internet forum.

I am grown up enough to see most of your "ideas" are very poor.

grow a bit more then...

enough people here like my "ideas" but I guess you will try to denounce those people as well... that's what I call "very poor".

I am sure everyone would love to hear *your *ideas.

you would be very lucky to re-aline the holes up.
tried it

you would be very lucky to re-aline the holes up.
tried it

did you try thin washers already?

grow a bit more then...

enough people here like my "ideas" but I guess you will try to denounce those people as well... that's what I call "very poor".

I am sure everyone would love to hear *your *ideas.

You really are a very strange little fellow. I mean no offence.

RPM - grow some and offend him!

Magnus, all the above may put you off thinking laterally around common problems. Don't let it yet, but bear in mind some of the realities of life that make a sound idea far from ideal.

The material science isn't there yet to cope with the concept (even if you're using a double nut arrangement) because the stuff these parts are made of is too weak. You have to go a long way up the bling scale before axles and nuts could stand the removal of material & retain sufficient strength. I'm thinking Royce quality not old Campag stuff, and even Cliff there would frown on the idea from a structural point of view. He doesn't even approve of radial lacing because he knows that metal 'moves' when you give it some welly.

The main practical issue that the idea cannot cope with is the famous london's weather and road shit, as summed up by S Walrus. The pin would seize in it's hole very quickly and refuse to come out. A magnetic steel pin would help, but gravity is too fickle a bastard too rely on here. To remove your wheel after a month or two, angle grinding would be required, and very careful angle grinding at that. Then you need new axles etc. (Unobtainium @ irisque) Just to fix a puncture. It makes a set of Pitlocks look cheap.

Keep corrosion at bay by using grease? The pin wouldn't fall out when you up-ended your bike. Coat it in candle wax, like the Greeks who built the Acropolis coated the famous steel pins? (Yeah, they used lead) Spoke prep? You'd need to carry a plumbers torch to heat the thing up enough to free the pin.

Keep thinking, but don't drill your axles to test this. Concept and practicality are too far apart.

How about drilling the track nuts and then using tiny little padlocks on each one?...

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