When I had that type of rear end on a geared bike and pulled the axle all the way back, the drive side of the axle tended to slip forward under load. If you look at your frame from the rear, the rear dropouts aren't absolutely parallel; rather they taper out a bit as you go rearward. In that rearmost position, your QR skewer may be working against too much tension from the frame, i.e. your rear dropout distance may be much larger than the spec for your hub.
Things to counter that effect are an "internal cam" type skewer, where the lever enters the cam body perpendicular to the axle, and shimming spacers on the axle. On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 4:05:55 PM UTC-7, clifto...@gmail.com wrote: > > Does anyone know if I can remove the small, threaded, axle positioners > from the rear drop outs without ill effect? Then the axle will go all the > way back. Do the screws significantly strengthen the drop out? I have a > marginal fit with a set of tires and removing the screws will get me a 1/4 > inch rearward and possibly enough room to fit. Any thoughts? > Much appreciated! I know that I may have to carefully align the wheel but > I assume the dropouts without the screws are pretty square.) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
