Hi gang,
It is my experience with fixed gear riding that the failure of threads on a fixed hub has little to do with the material of threads construction (see below: steel or aluminum). A hub of Suntour (Superbe at that) quality failed due to poor threading of the cog most likely. Cyclo brand cogs have done this many times in the past, always on good quality hubs, track and road.
I feel the material used in Cyclo brand or construction were poor. I have never seen a hub damaged by a Suntour, Shimano, Sub 11, Campagnolo, Euroasia or similar quality fixed cog. Cyclo may have had a bad batch, but I ended up with a lot of bad ones.
Gilbert Anderson In Raleigh, NC USA
At 10:11 AM 11/13/2001 -0800, cnighbor wrote:
>NOS Flip-Flop Track/Training Hub L@@K! Item # 1032622206
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Cool, maybe. I've been wanting a steel fixie hub so I can use my cheap cogs without pulling all the threads off, which is what happened to my Superbe Pro hub.
Anybody know if the guts in this eBay one are of decently smooth quality? Thanks, JS