On my Davidson road bike, with chromed dropouts, I couldn't stop slipping with Mavic or Dura Ace internal cam skewers. Everything on the bike was brand new. I replaced them with Control Tech Ti skewers (which I was willing to do also trying to get a lugged steel bike under 18lb). I never had a single slip with those. That was 1992.
On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 11:52:46 AM UTC-7, joe b. wrote: > > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:43 AM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If you asked for my wild guess, I'd try those 'slow-release' levers. > The > > ones you need an allen wrench to tighten. On chrome rear dropouts in > the > > past, that's been helpful for me. I think they generate substantially > more > > clampforce. > > That's opposite my experience, but I'd be interested to hear the > "slow-release" skewers you had success with. I'm not able to get near > the clamping force out of those 5mm bolts that I get from an internal > cam QR. > > I think it almost has to be the axle at this point. Many have run QRs > with horizontal drops without issue. I did with a 22/28 low gear for > thousands of slip-free miles, and that using a Deore LX skewer with > aluminum faces. > > Frustrating, to be sure, but I wouldn't be distracted by things other > than that axle. > > Best, > joe broach > portland, or > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/qJ2cKaOEUdkJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
