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Cotic Road Rats - here's mine so show me yours
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Posted 1 year ago #
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My point: I 1x9'd mine for a bit of cyclocross in september, and the horror of rear wheel removal with the mech hanger things...well, it would prompt me to buy a vert dropout bike! Did many of you buy a bike with track ends knowing you'd always run it geared? If so, why?
You unbolt the skewer, slide it out, pop the hanger to one side and pull the rear wheel out of the slots then reverse to reinstall. It's really not that hard. I've run my Rat singlespeed and geared and it's never been an issue either way. Does your Rat work differently?
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It's my first bike with horizontal drop outs and I find it a bit annoying having to undo the mudguard stays to get the wheel out but I expect that's not unique to the Roadrat. Can't see that the extra work in sorting out the dropout/tug thing is here or there really.
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You can set your rear mudguard back a little so the wheel pops out without having to undo it.
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I find it a bit annoying having to undo the mudguard stays to get the wheel out
Can't really see it on my Roadrat photie, but I've got the quick-release 'SecuClips' on both the front and rear stays. That means I can yank the rears out when I need to remove the wheel. Not my idea, but a good one (although my rear stays are pretty bent from it).
Posted 1 year ago # -
Heres mine. Its seen my good for two years of commuting.
Its on sale on ebay at the moment to make way for my new cyclocross.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Hi. Have had my Roadrat for month or so, running singlespeed at the mo. Now want to see if I can get a toad wheel with flip/flop track hub to run as a fixie. Is anyone else doing this here? Any problems with this setup? (chainline, etc)?
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