3/10/2017 4:33 PM
Edited Date/Time: 3/10/2017 5:18 PM
timedrifter wrote:
I am not worried about unit price, thats a cop out, I want my life to be easier when I put the back wheel on my bike, and I am ...more
timedrifter wrote:
I am not worried about unit price, thats a cop out, I want my life to be easier when I put the back wheel on my bike, and I am not sure what you mean left nut, perhaps I should have said axle bolt on the left side?
no offense but I think this innovation would be an improvement regardless, just because grandpa does it that way doesn't mean there isn't something to improve to make it better or easier or you could say if it ain't broke don't fix it, but in this case it is a fix it, when you tighten the axle bolt on the right side it makes the chain looser or tilts the wheel.
Chain-tensioners are made for this specific purpose. It's quite easy to do with your own hands as well, I've never understood why people struggle with this. I meant left hand nut/bolt, as in left hand threads...
Just about everything in BMX is made to be simple and universally compatible, with the only big exception of pedal threads. In other words, if a nut/bolt goes on one side, it should be able to go on the other. The only reason for the left-hand threading on pedal axles is to stop them loosening as you ride, see this for more information if you don't understand that. The sheer number of people who strip their pedal threads is crazy, ask grumpySteve as I'm sure he deals with it on an almost daily basis. The odds of somebody putting the wrong nut/bolt on on the wrong side of such an axle and stripping the threads of said nut/bolt/axle are huge.
Have you tried sourcing nuts or bolts for such a design, they're much harder to get than the regular ones. If you did damage one, it'd be next to impossible to replace.
It's 'innovation' at the cost of replaceability, compatibility and practicality.
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