First I've heard of them. But they look sweet!

 

yea i think their heyday was early 2000s. they made chainrings back then too. they are probably one of the most sought after SS cogs in existence.

 

Had one years ago and it performed flawlessly. May "need" another.

 

I may need another one too. I have a 21t Boone sitting in a box since I moved from a place with mountains to Plano Texas.

 

I still have several. Ride one on my SS every ride.

 

I still have one brand new Boone 17t.

Ride mostly Chris King stainless cogs but have a few Wolf Tooth ones and an Endless too.

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So can you buy these now? it looks like the website is updated since i last checked them out? although they dont seem as ornate as the old ones. Still might have to plunk down some stimulus $$ on these.

 

you can place an order. when i inquired mid-week, they said 2 weeks-ish to make and send out. they got 60 orders in 2 days. i'm sure they're into the hundreds by now.

 

Oh ****, Boone is back? Nice!

 

I took a look at those old/new Boone Ti cogs. They look amazing and yes they’re expensive,about 100bucks,but here is some of the other brands cog prices.
1. Wolfe Tooth Stainless Steel $60
2. Endless Bike Kick Ass aluminum cog $50
3. Liner bike SS modular cog system $60
Just a few of the higher end cogs for reference.

 

I took a look at those old/new Boone Ti cogs. They look amazing and yes they're expensive,about 100bucks,but here is some of the other brands cog prices.
1. Wolfe Tooth Stainless Steel $60
2. Endless Bike Kick Ass aluminum cog $50
3. Liner bike SS modular cog system $60
Just a few of the higher end cogs for reference.

who is liner bikes or was that supposed to be Niner?

 

It's supposed to be Lunar Bikes

Lunar Bikes Custom Mountain Bike Products

Custom Bike Hubs, Cogs, Chainrings, and Tools

www.lunarbikes.com

I never tried them but they look cool ?

 

The Boone to cogs are $66.50. You can order them right from the website. That is crazy cheap for a ti cog. Based on the prices above for Stanless steel it is a no brained to me to go Ti.

 

That's for the smallest size. An 18T is $85.50, for example. Still an excellent price for Ti though.

 

My bad. I didn't see the price increase as size does.

These have been added to the Xmas list for things I will buy myself. Hahahaha.

 

I think I paid $120 for my Niner Ti cog. It's still in great condition almost ten years later.

 

This.....with 15k miles on mine, it's still looking great.....and best of all, I can still flip it around.

 

I always wanted the Niner just because of the bling factor. A buddy of mine won one in a raffle at a race, and it came with a fancy box and such.

I may have to order a Boone. I always used Surly because they're bomb proof and cheap. I literally never change my gearing though, so why not throw down $66 for a sexy ti cog?

 

I always wanted the Niner just because of the bling factor. A buddy of mine won one in a raffle at a race, and it came with a fancy box and such.

I may have to order a Boone. I always used Surly because they're bomb proof and cheap. I literally never change my gearing though, so why not throw down $66 for a sexy ti cog?

Tried one Surly ages ago and didn't like it. They are loose/sloppy fitting on my freehub bodies (Chris King, DT Swiss and Stans) compared to most other cog brands. If figured it would start gouging the splines at some point.

Can't believe Boone is back at it making cogs. I ordered some up already!

 

What all rear free hubs do they make these for?

 

I doubt they make them for anything other than typical Shimano HG. The stuff to set up XD as SS is a complete system, not just a single cog. I don't think anyone has come out with Microspline yet, though someone needs to because very few new bikes are coming with HG these days.

 

If building a new wheel set why not just go with an HG hub? If you decide to switch to gears is the slightly lower range of 1x11 even going to be an issue when you were running SS in the first place?

 

Hi guys. Good to be getting back into it. There’s a lot of catching up to do, both in making more of what you guys want as well as the new technology that has passed me by as I was working with the titanium rings solely for so long. I’m open to making stuff with microspline or whatever is wanted, but I’d love to take direction from you guys, the ones that know. I was taken completely off guard for the huge pent up demand for the single speed cogs, so I shifted focus from my new cranks to those. There’s lots of fixtures and programming involved. I want to get to chainrings next, so would do some 110mm old school stuff first while I check further into the single narrow wide type stuff.

I would love for you guys help guide me on what’s needed. 🚴‍♀️

 

Hi guys. Good to be getting back into it. There's a lot of catching up to do, both in making more of what you guys want as well as the new technology that has passed me by as I was working with the titanium rings solely for so long. I'm open to making stuff with microspline or whatever is wanted, but I'd love to take direction from you guys, the ones that know. I was taken completely off guard for the huge pent up demand for the single speed cogs, so I shifted focus from my new cranks to those. There's lots of fixtures and programming involved. I want to get to chainrings next, so would do some 110mm old school stuff first while I check further into the single narrow wide type stuff.

I would love for you guys help guide me on what's needed. ?‍♀

I anticipate that there will be an increasing demand for microspline cogs over the next couple years as fewer and fewer mountain bikes ship with HG freehubs. Currently there's no one making them at all, so you could probably grab quite a bit of business just by being the first. However, not sure if the volume right now would be enough to justify the tooling/programming costs (and I have no idea about the complexity of switching between HG and microspline from a CNC perspective). Not worth trying to make anything for the XD freehub IMO - it requires building some sort of carrier to thread onto the freehub because there's no way to adjust chainline otherwise. Problem Solvers has a kit, but it costs almost as much as a new freehub.

As far as chainrings go, the market has shifted almost entirely to direct-mount, at least in the mountain bike world. 110BCD is pretty much dead. There are three primary direct-mount standards at the moment: Race Face, SRAM, and Shimano. Race Face's standard is limited to them, but they're the most common aftermarket crank manufacturer right now by a long shot. The SRAM 3-bolt standard is also used by Praxis and Cane Creek (there's likely a market for Ti chainrings to go with the Ti CC crankset, so that might be a good place to start?) that I know of. Maybe a few other minor players as well. White Industries has their own standard, as does E*Thirteen, but those are relatively uncommon. Those not running direct-mount use 104BCD or 96BCD (11-speed Shimano).

 

I've had many people state that they would buy the 110's if I had them. I do have a Cannondale Hollowgram chainring here, but none of the other stuff.

 

I just got an email saying the two Boone cogs I ordered have been shipped... sweet!

 

Just dropped Microspline!!

 

Thanks for posting this! Thanks

 

As soon as the wheel box and the 22T cog arrive, I'm gonna mount them back up!

 

I just got in a micro spline cog and it occurred to me that I need spacers. I haven't pulled off the cassette yet, so are the spacers a specific diameter? What are other people using. An internet search for micro spline spacers turns up nothing

 

Hi Jimbo,
The inside diameter of any spacer would be 1.300" or 33mm minimum. The width of the cog is 8.5mm. I can make some, but they are not very cost effective to do it. There are headset spacers and other stuff that can work for that.

 

I will try to post pictures of what I did on my setup. I love my Boone Ti SS Cog!
Verbally though, I used the old 7/8/9 speed cassette spacers, the ones that have the grooves that fit the HG freehub, those rest just perfectly on a microspline hub. The challenge was the step down as you've seen also. I was able to take an old 1 1/8" headset top cap (the one that would push against the compression ring) along with 1 headset spacer if I recall and use it with my SLX 12-speed lockring. Hopefully this helps, I'll get pictures or a video here in a few days as this probably needs some dialing in as more people use the Boone Ti SS cogs.

 

These are pretty sweet looking. I've used Chris King cogs in the past. This maybe a nice little upgrade when it's time to change the cog.

 

Here is my Boone Cog on my new SS whip

 

I have always run Chris King cogs, providing what I considered a great combination of bling, durability, and weight. Now that Chris King is no longer in the cog business, it seems that Wolf Tooth is the only real option similar to the CK cogs.......if they are ever in stock someday. I tend to stick to one gear ratio on my singlespeeds and if there is a chance I might need different gearing for a ride, I use a different bike. I have worn out CK cogs and even had to have the worn cog changed on a WI freewheel. For all those that have some serious time with the Boone Ti cogs, have you found that they last significantly longer than the various stainless cogs? The Boone cogs are nice, no doubt about that, but is it primarily just bling or are there any practical aspects to running a $100 cog?

 

The Boone cogs are nice, no doubt about that, but is it primarily just bling or are there any practical aspects to running a $100 cog?

It's both. They are works of art, and bombproof. Up until Boone started selling these again, people were still paying $150+ for 20 year old cogs. When I first heard they were being sold again, my first search result was for an ebay sale where the cog sold for $175, and it still looked to be in good shape.