I feel like the guiding principle is slot parallel to brake pads, adjust everything else to fit. Which would make them parallel to the posts, be it center pull or canti.
-J On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 2:53:52 PM UTC-8, Philip Williamson wrote: > > I'm having a custom bike built, and it will have slider dropouts for > singlespeed use. > I want the builder to angle the dropouts like my Quickbeam's, so I can > change the gears without adjusting the brake shoe height or angle. > > The Quickbeam dropouts are angled ~20* relative to the ground, and about > 10* relative to the stay. > The dropout slot angle ALSO looks like it is parallel to the brake shoes. > To my mind, this is the key fact. Is it? > > The new bike's seat stay angle is more acute than the QB's, and its BB is > lower. Do the relative angles not really matter, as long as the dropout > slot is parallel to the brake shoe angle? > > Philip > Santa Rosa, CA > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
