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@ShutUpBlud
Hi there.
I ride fixed gear about town, and am becoming notorious for stripping lockring threads. It doesn't seem to matter about the hub, material, gearing, etc. Most recently, I've stripped 2 OE Ambrosio track hubs, on a 46x16 ratio. I've previously stripped a standard langster wheel on the same ratio, and both sides of a novatec track hub on 53x16.
I've tried loctite, but to no effect. Every time, the cog has been put on properly, either by myself, or by a professional mechanic - and I carry a lockring tool to tighten my lockring on new wheels, so I know the lockring is always perfectly tight. I don't know anyone else who has this problem, but it seems like I just skid straight through hubs as if they were made of butter.
Has anyone had this problem before, or could anyone shed some light on what I may be doing wrong?