Wheel torque
My rear wheel is moving forward and almost out of my right side dropout when I pedal.
Here's the info: Mid 80's Schwinn Le Tour road bike, horizontal dropouts, detachable rear derailleur hanger, quick release wheels and is a 1 X 9 setup. No matter how tight I make the skewer, it still moves forward. So I made a bracket (piece of flat steel) that attaches (cassette side) to a small hole in the dropout and has a hole that the outer end of the skewer fits in. Do you think the skewer rod will somehow bend over time and eventually break? Thats what I am afraid of. Wondering if anybody has gone thru this. The Surly tuggnut will not work either.
My advice is to try to get a solid threaded axle for it. And a pic would be cool too!
I think this is a redline tensioner.
Will not bend. I took the plate off the adjuster so it's just a bolt pressing straight into the tiny hole at the rear of the dropout. So it won't get knocked down or whatever.
I still have it. If you want it. PM me your addy and I'll fire it off to ya. Till you get a threaded axel anyway. ;) even then. I've had worn dropouts that no amount of tightening would keep my Surly hub from slipping. IN that case, a chain tug is mandatory.
Does spomeone have dibs on the sweet spoke protector though?
I hear you can get $30.OO for these protectors on the em em Bee A.
I hear you can get $30.OO for these protectors on the em em Bee A.
That wheel actually belonged to my last Sally bike. A Schwinn 4 banger. Sweeeet ride. Unfortunately the rear linkage broke. :(
Zilla,
Thanks, arrived yesterday. How the hell do you post a picture on here?
You need to have the image hosted somewhere else. Like MTBR in my case. Then put the url between a pair of these [img] your url here [/img]
Zilla,
Address sent. Thanks.
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