I've had some trouble keeping the rear wheel in one place as well. I took the trouble to mark the quick release when I thought I had it lined up pretty well, and it seems to slowly walk away from the marks over a 20-30 rides of an hour each. I've been wondering if the chain is going to wear a little faster because it's slightly out of line. any thoughts on that?
On Feb 25, 5:53 am, Todd Olsen <todd_ol...@comcast.net> wrote: > I think this is why the axle may be more likely to move on a > singlespeed. The chain, while pedaling forward, pulls the axle both > forward and up. The force, resisting forward or trying to pedal > backward, pulls the axle both forward and down. Since there is a tiny > bit of play, everytime it makes the transition from up to down and > vice versa, it will slip forward a little, as well. > > Having a derailer and access to large rear sprockets will actually > increase the force pulling the rear axle forward and up due to the > increase leverage of applying the force farther from the axle. > Pedaling harder will linearly increase the force applied to the rear > axle, but shifting to a larger rear sprocket will multiply the force > on the rear axle. > > Todd Olsen > > On Feb 24, 5:10 pm, Invisible <brooks.wes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I may be drifting off topic, but: > > > On my dinglespeed (Redline Monocog 29er, not a Quickbeam), grinding up > > steep hills in the lower gear will sometimes cause the rear wheel to > > slip forward - and this is with a bolt-on axle. Here's my theory: with > > no derailer, there's no worry of spurious gear-hopping so I worry less > > about how much torque I put on the cranks, and so I crank harder. For > > this reason I can put a lot more force into a derailer-less bike. So > > there might be something to the idea that wheel slippage is a greater > > threat w/o a derailer. > > > -Wesley --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
