Interesting, Eric. My brake pads are the Koolstop mountain pads, which are curved and long and I haven't an issue.
With abandon, Patrick On Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 10:25:17 AM UTC-6, Eric Norris wrote: > > I don’t want to throw cold water on this, but in my experience (QB owner > since 2005) the sloped dropouts only work with very short brake shoes—think > road bike caliper-type shoes. Longer brake pads create a problem when you > start moving the wheel backward and forward by rubbing on the tire. > > The brake pads will be “aligned,” but might not be usable. The bigger the > movement, the greater the possibility that your rear brake will start > hitting the tire. > > --Eric Norris > campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > > On Jun 6, 2017, at 9:03 AM, Deacon Patrick <lamon...@mac.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > The simple (one) answer is the QB and S1 have unique and brilliant > extended, sloped dropouts that 1) allow up to an 8(?) tooth difference in > tooth count accommodating the rear wheel sliding forward and back without > messing with the brake alignment. > > > -- 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.
