As a longtime Quickbeam owner, I’ll add my observation that the brake pad alignment trick with angled dropouts only works with very short brake pads. The longer pads that many of us have on our bikes will tend to extend over the rim and hit the tire when the wheel is moved forward if you’re changing more than a couple of teeth on the rear cog. The pad moves rearward in relation to the wheel, and eventually moves off the rim.
Making the big jumps possible with dual chainrings tended to bring up the pad/tire overlap. I converted my QB to a three-speed after riding it fixed for a few years. Now, the rear wheel stays in the same position all the time, and I can use modern, long pads without any problems. --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy > On Oct 6, 2023, at 5:55 PM, Eric Daume <ericda...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Angled dropouts allow the rear rim to track the brake pad as you move the > wheel back and forth in the dropouts. The upshot of this is that if you are > performing manual gear changes (for instance, a 42t ring up front, and a > 16/18 White Industries dos cog in the rear), you can change gears (by moving > the wheel in the dropout) and the brakes will still hit the rim. > > If the slot is horizontal, the brake pads will lose contact with the rim as > you move the wheel. It's an all around worse system. > > The best system for this kind of nerdiness is a forward facing slanted > dropout (for example, the recently departed Surly Cross Check). That still > allows manual gear change tomfoolery, but it makes wheel removal, especially > with fenders, much easier. > > Eric > > > On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 7:26 PM Paul Richardson <pjrichard...@gmail.com > <mailto:pjrichard...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> hi bill >> >> perhaps a dumb question BUT i wonder if you'd mind shedding light on how >> this dropout vs. quickbeam (/s.o./f.j.sr <http://f.j.sr/>.) dropout changes >> the setup options. i'm not clear on the effect of the horizontal dropout as >> opposed to the slanted one. >> >> i too find many reasons to be very excited about the pending roaduno DROP. >> >> thanks! >> paul >> takoma park, md. >> >> -- >> 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 >> <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/eb9531ec-9208-4e15-888e-9238a5a7226an%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/eb9531ec-9208-4e15-888e-9238a5a7226an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5D2__aBmD68azVnM6c%2BKYaMTBx1VA-53958pStXLgN5bA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5D2__aBmD68azVnM6c%2BKYaMTBx1VA-53958pStXLgN5bA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2A3DF8B0-9F2F-4BB2-9EDE-81299B7C3D81%40me.com.
