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Kelloggs and alloy hubs

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MartyC:
I remember riding with the plastic hubbed ones late 84 early 85 - had lots of problems with the alloy rear hubs collapsing when doing tricks standing on the wheel/tyre.

Steve P:
Most alloy hubs collapsed because the axle cones and lock nuts were not pinched together properly ... one cone would loosen and begin to wind itself tighter on the bearings until it eventually crushed the hub. I saw it happen BITD and it was messy

The switch to plastic hubs was simply to cut manufacturing costs  :crazy2:

Steve

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