Re: Why is Shimano so hated by some?

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 15:38:45 GMT, Al Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>Chris B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 
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>> 
>> What I can't understand is how slapping the roter up against the hub's
>> shell and affixing it with 6 small bolts became the International
>> Standard.  I reckon that having a spline on both the hub and rotor and
>> securing it with a lockring like the cassette/freehub is a superior
>> design.  Actually, what I like *most* about Shimano are their hubs -
>> my ancient 7-speed  XTR hub still runs perfectly smooth and probably
>> will continue to for many years.
>> 
>>
>To my way of thinking I'd rather have 6 bolts holding my rotors on vice a 
>single lockring.  It a safety concern and even the bolts supplied with 
>Shimano bolt on rotors use both locktight and locking tabs.  

Well, what does that tell you?  I have heard quite a few reports of
bolts which have gotten loose, gone missing or even sheared off at the
head - not to mention stripping of the threads in the hub.  The fact
that the rotor bolts that are supplied with disc brakes have thread
locking goo on them (and that Shimano *also* includes locking tabs to
use with their non-splined rotors) would serve to discomfort me if I
still used a disc brake.  I mean, leaving aside whatever Shimano's
motives are, does it not make more sense for the torque to be
transferred directly from the rotor to the hub?  Engineer types, what
sayest thou?