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Heads up: cheap cassette lockrings can loosen on their own
I just spent an hour yesterday diagnosing a weird creak on a customer's bike in Austin. Kept chasing it until I noticed the cassette had a tiny bit of play. Turns out the lockring was one of those no-name ones off Amazon and it backed off after just 300 miles. I've seen this on three bikes now in the last two months, always with the cheap rings that don't have a proper serrated washer. Has anyone else run into this or am I just unlucky?
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julia_miller2418d ago
Oh man, this is such a real problem. I've seen it too many times now with those cheap Amazon lockrings, they just don't grip right without the serrated washer. It's frustrating because the noise drives you crazy until you finally catch it. I always tell people to spend the extra five bucks on a Shimano or SRAM one, it's just not worth the hassle.
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blake_bell2918d ago
My buddy in Denver had the EXACT same issue on his gravel bike, drove him nuts for two weeks until he realized the lockring was loose. @julia_miller24 is spot on about those cheap rings having no grip, the serrated washer is what actually holds everything together.
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