[Smelly]

ok, is it called a star flanged nut or a star fangled nut? seems like everyone calls it a star fangled nut, but i've heard a couple people tell me it's a star flanged nut, which sounds much more appropriate.
first off, wtf is a fangle? are there any other nuts in the fangle catagory? seems to me that fangled is just a very common misview of flanged. it would be easy to see flanged as fangled if you gave it a quick look. my belief that the correct term is star flanged nut stems from the fact that the item itself consists of a nut with a star shaped flange. seems like a pretty appropriate name.

where i get confused is that park tools has it listed as star fangled nut
http://www.parktool.com/repair_help/tns.shtml
dictionary.com lists a fangle as "Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament." i don't see anything that has to do with nuts in there.

 

[Toshi]

i've always heard it as star fangled.

 

[Smelly]

as have i, but that fangled term just doesn't make any sense.

 

[captainpolution]

yea its fangled. maybe flanged sounded too blah so they switched it around to give it a zip

 

[Smelly]

perhaps i should ask this instead: can anyone tell me why it's called a star fangled nut?

 

[RhinofromWA]

dictionary.com lists a fangle as "Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament." i don't see anything that has to do with nuts in there.

Well "a foolish innovation" seems to fit. I mean cramming a peice of metal down a tube scoring and gouging as it goes so that you can't remove but to just about destroy it would seem to make that description fit

 

[Dartman]

It's my understanding that the designer, Dia-Compe, of the original threadless headset, the Aheadset, named it. Since it was a totally new design...

Main Entry: new·fan·gled
Pronunciation: 'nü-'fa[ng]-g&ld
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from newefangel, from new + (assumed) Old English -fangol, from Old English fOn (past participle fangen) to take, seize -- more at PACT
1 : attracted to novelty
2 : of the newest style or kind <had many newfangled gadgets in the kitchen>
- new·fan·gled·ness noun

Mike

 

[BigStonz]

I just want to add that I now use a lighter weight version of the Azonic Head Lock on both my MTBs(I think they are made by Marzocchi). They are very easy to work with, can't strip, and are reusable.....and I don't have to say "fangled" ever again

 

[-BB-]

Well "a foolish innovation" seems to fit. I mean cramming a peice of metal down a tube scoring and gouging as it goes so that you can't remove but to just about destroy it would seem to make that description fit

You can remove it easily if you have an open bottom

 

[RhinofromWA]

You can remove it easily if you have an open bottom

Does that not reqire hammering a chunk of metal that is purposly oversized all the way through the tube?

It still gouges the inside of the tube....it is what it was made to do.

 

[EBasil]

It's my understanding that the designer, Dia-Compe, of the original threadless headset, the Aheadset, named it. Since it was a totally new design...

Give the man a Gold Star: that's exactly it.