Got my new Qu-Ax!!!

if you live in iowa, why did you order a qu-ax? isnt the onza the same
thing and availible in the usa? is there something about the qu-ax that
i don't know?

seriously though, enjoy your new MUni... you must be stoked.

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the quax has different hub and cranks, and a different frame. on this
side of the pond its a fair bit cheaper than the onza and shipping from
municycle doesnt costmuch at all

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What do you mean by bearing caps? To attach the wheel to the frame? Or
the end bolts of the cranks? For the former, I just do it firmly. Don't
go nuts on these, you'll know when to stop turning. Loctite is good too.
The Qu-Ax frames I have come with the ny-lock nuts so it's pretty easy
to get em on right.

For the latter do the end bolts up TIGHT and then the pinch bolts TIGHT
too!

As for the Gazz.. play around with it loads. I found with the Duro only
one pressure suited me but after upgrading to the Nokian I can change it
around and still have a great ride. All depends what you want to do!

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Thanks so much stallion! Both info is good to know, sorry I couldn't
explain myself better.

Also, you have to put the pedals on really tight too, right?

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No problem- I live to give after all 😉 I grease my pedal spindles and
do them tight. The grease lets you do em a little tighter a little
easier. Some people say that they have stripped the cranks or something
from doing them too tight, but I was reading the literature that came
with my Onza bike and it said that it's near impossible to do them too
tight. I never had problems with tightening pedals up pretty hard.
Infinately preferable to loose, as it'll take your crank out with it!

Out of curiosity, which frame do you have? The Nimbus II style or the
chunkier one? Either way we need action pics!
😄

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MuniTune said:

nuts for the bearing cap screws on top or bottom?

Most people have them at the bottom but I don't know if that's for a
good reason. I for one have got them at the top, seems less vulnerable
if you do crank grabs and miss it. Also (minor advantage), if a nut
would totally unscrew unnoticedly during a ride, you would probably
retain the bolt.

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i ride with my nuts perched above the cap. they're out of harm's way
like that.

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You know, if someone were to come along and read just that post, they
would think of it as very dirty. :p

Have fun on your new muni, by the way.

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one wheeled stallion said:

*No problem- I live to give after all 😉 I grease my pedal spindles
and do them tight. The grease lets you do em a little tighter a little
easier. Some people say that they have stripped the cranks or
something from doing them too tight, but I was reading the literature
that came with my Onza bike and it said that it's near impossible to
do them too tight. I never had problems with tightening pedals up
pretty hard. Infinately preferable to loose, as it'll take your crank
out with it!
*

You are not likely to strip the threads by screwing the pedal on too
tight. What's more likely is the person cross threaded the pedal
threads when installing the pedal.

You can strip the pedal threads in the crank if you cross thread the
pedals as you install them. Cross threading is when you thread on the
pedals such that the pedal threads and crank thread do not mesh up. It
happens when the pedal gets threaded in at a slight angle.

Cross threading will destroy the crank threads stripping them out. You
may be able to salvage the crank by getting a helicoil installed to
replace the threads. But that may end up costing more than the crank is
worth.

Be very very careful that you do not install the pedals cross threaded.
Thread the pedals in by hand for several revolutions to get the threads
started. Once the pedals have been threaded on a few revolutions by
hand, then you can use a pedal wrench to finish the job.

Most cross threading happens when you use a wrench to start the threads.
The wrench has so much leverage that you don't notice that the threads
are not meshing up and that you're destroying more threads with every
turn of the wrench.

And yes, you should grease the pedal threads before threading them into
the crank.

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I too have my nuts above my caps for the same reason.

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Thanks for all the awesome info. everybody. I got some pics here. None
of me out riding because I don't have a photographer, and because I'm
pretty tired because I just finished bicycling 500 miles across Iowa
(along with 10,000 other people). I had to make the pictures pretty
small so they would upload fast. Here goes...

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nah, I'll just leave it at that.

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All my unis have the bolt put through from the bottom, but at BMW Steve
C came up with what sounded like a good reason to have them the other
way round. Having the nut on the top makes them stick up more, so if
you're wearing trousers they might catch as you pedal.

I might investigate, I have a 29er wheel to reinstall tonight. I can't
see me doing too many pedal grabs on it...

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