Quote from: mambocowboyI love my Ares tires. Better than Box imo.The short times I've ridden on ares tires I've loved them too. Went with 1.75s for now, though I've been considering trying the 1.9s at some point. I had a box on my rear wheel over the winter. I hated it at first, something about it felt really off but after a week and some wear in, I grew to like it but not enough that I'll be buying another pair. Sure are light weight though but also quite thin, I had several punctures over its life that might not have happened had it been a little thicker.
I love my Ares tires. Better than Box imo.
Quote from: metalbmxer on April 05, 2021, 03:31:25 AMNonsense that’s just Pat reducing the liability he bears from the tires blowing up. Air em up and ride it same day That may very well be the case but so far every a class I've over owned failed from a blowout due to failure of the bead. One immediately after inflating, the second 15 minutes after inflating during a hang 5 (scary!) the third randomly blew over night after having been fine and stable at the same pressure for a few weeks and I think I may have even had a fourth that made it for awhile too but can't remember now. All of these were on wider then recommended rims (hazard lites) and admittedly a few psi higher then I should have gone, so I consider these failures mostly my fault.But... I figured trying to ease them into near their rated psi can't hurt plus I'm not ready to switch yet anyways (lazy and dreading the adjustment to new tires period). I put 85 psi into them this morning, now up to 95 psi and then I'll go to 105 before bed. Tomorrow 115 then they day after 120 which is when I'm planning to install them and test em out. Overkill, I know, but i wasn't planning on installing them until then anyways.
Nonsense that’s just Pat reducing the liability he bears from the tires blowing up. Air em up and ride it same day
hmm let me ask you something, what bead A class tire are you running? Kevlar or steel bead? I've had bad luck with the 3 I got from this batch that I won't ever run folding tires again. Steel all the way and not an issue. And I was even running under the advertised PSI anywhere from 110-120 on those tires. Sun Envy rims. The steel haven't caused a single blowout
I've never seen a hub like this, I've only ever used ones with male axle with cone and lock nuts for adjusting . But this one has a female axle, no cone nuts just guards that cover the ends. But it's like the female axle part is just a few mm too short so that when the axle bolts get tightened down when the hub is in the dropouts that it all gets compressed together just a wee bit too much (hopefully that makes sense?)
Daddycool, thank you so much for your advice. The problem appears to #2 as you described. I still need to take it apart for a closer look and I'll probably talk to Pat and see if he has any thoughts.This is very frustrating. It was an expensive hub ($112 USD) with high quality/precision bearings so I expected much less problems especially 'right out of the box'Hopefully I can find a solution, I'll look into the washer idea you displayed in the photos but it seems like adding washers, even 'behind' the bearings would only make the problem worse? But I need to take a closer look first, maybe I'm visualizing it wrong. It seems like either the female axle would need to be ever so slightly longer or the cones just a little bit thinner.
Thanks very much guys. I only tried riding on it for less than 5 minutes. I'll contact Pat, hopefully he can help. Again, as always, thank you so much for help and advice. This online community may be small but it kicks butt!