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Big Mechanical Failure....again
Gags Wrote: ......snip ......... my chain had somehow sucked up on itself but found that I had actually managed to pull the back wheel out of the dropouts. This is not the first time this has happened to me nor is it the first bike that it has happened on. I am running older styled steel frame roadies with the dropouts that are sort-of inbetween vertical and horizontal. As this has happened before, I always make sure that I do up my rear quick release skewer to the point that I am worried it is going to break when I am actuating the lever to do it up.......not sure what else I can do to prevent this from happening??? Now I am a fairly big guy but surely I shouldn't be able to do this on a semi-regular basis??? I am thinking that I might have to come up with some sort of engineering solution to this problem that introduces some sort of positive mechanical lock on the dropouts (I am sure that someone is going to tell me to try vertical dropouts.....rolls eyes). The only other solution I can think of is to take to the surface of the dropouts where the skewer sits with some sandpaper or a file in order to rough it up some. Anyone had this problem and, more importantly, anyone know how to fix it??? Gags not uncommon with steel frames using lesser quality QRs. I had this prob once when an LBS nicked my new QRs and replaced 'em with a Shimano cheapy and slippo.....grrr, they got what for and a few neat referrals from me!! I only use good sharp toothed Campagnolo lever action QRs, nothing less, steel dropouts unlike Alum. resist the bite and need strong lever pressure..you cant get that from the lesser types from cheapy shimano models or the BBB ones that pop up aroud the traps, the lever designs don't exert enough pressure on the cams for steel dropouts.. Campagnolo QRs for me on any steel bike. And check the bite, if it is worn on your QR donate it to an Alloy drop out bike and get a new QR on the steel. -- rooman |
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Big Mechanical Failure....again
"flyingdutch" wrote in message ... can you get a couple of dem thingies that 'fixified riders use? don't know the name (but i have em on my 'TB1' ) slip axle thru hole, adjust screws/threads from back which keep axle distance steady from rear of dropouts. "Chain Tugs" Front the sound of it he's usnig the ones with closed backs though - won't work. Gemm |
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Big Mechanical Failure....again
rooman wrote:
not uncommon with steel frames using lesser quality QRs. I had this prob once when an LBS nicked my new QRs and replaced 'em with a Shimano cheapy and slippo.....grrr, they got what for and a few neat referrals from me!! I only use good sharp toothed Campagnolo lever action QRs, nothing less, steel dropouts unlike Alum. resist the bite and need strong lever pressure..you cant get that from the lesser types from cheapy shimano models or the BBB ones that pop up aroud the traps, the lever designs don't exert enough pressure on the cams for steel dropouts.. Campagnolo QRs for me on any steel bike. And check the bite, if it is worn on your QR donate it to an Alloy drop out bike and get a new QR on the steel. Leads to a confession of an "embarrassing moment" for me... We lived in Wagga Wagga Wagga, and I worked at what is now Charles Sturt Uni. I used to ride to work on some days. Anyway I had done a major overhaul on the wife's bike and I decided, even though it was too small for me, to ride it out and back to work to iron any kinks out. So on the way home I came to the intersection just north of the bridge over the river, and I had been lazing along in a low gear. So at the t-turn I had to wait for a gap in the traffic on the Olympic Way... track standing ... track standing ... trackstanding ... a gap! So I put the boot in, and WHACK!!!!! the rear wheel pulled out of the dropouts, and slammed into the seat tube (Reynolds 531)so hard that it put a 2" ding in the wheel. Unrideable. Carry bike home. Explain to wife. All my fault. Didn't do up the QR tight enouth. Sob. |
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