Or do I need an old fashioned axle?
you can use qr with chaintugs, you might even get away without chaintugs if you don't have Mighty Thighs Of Steel
You can but use a sturdy one, steel axled. Shimano ones are particularly good.
I tried it a few years ago. Worked ok with v brakes but with discs I found the braking forces would pull the wheel out of line no matter how tight I had the skewers. The position of the disc mounts may affect how much affect this might have but somemone with more experience than me might want to confirm or rubbish that.
Edit: I was using chain tugs too.
Bike I'm thinking of is an inbred, don't think it has tugs
If its a Shimano hub pop down your local bike emporium & buty a solid nutted axle. It's an easy swap & does away with the hassle of tugs. And this was on an Inbred also.
you can get dropouts with tugs built in, like Paul's dropouts, or you can get aftermarket tugs that fit over the axel and butt up against the end of the dropout, like the surly tuggnut
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I tried it a few years ago. Worked ok with v brakes but with discs I found the braking forces would pull the wheel out of line no matter how tight I had the skewers. The position of the disc mounts may affect how much affect this might have but somemone with more experience than me might want to confirm or rubbish that.
Edit: I was using chain tugs too.
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This wasn't on an inbred with slot dropouts. As they never had v brakes.
The position of the calliper, between the rear stays, is specifically to stop wheel movement under braking.
This wasn't on an inbred with slot dropouts. As they never had v brakes. The position of the calliper, between the rear stays, is specifically to stop wheel movement under braking.
This is what I was thinking but wasn't sure. Mine was a dmr trailstar with the disc mount on the top of the seatstay
Ok so brant are you saying I can do it? If so I'll be buying one today.....
Ok so brant are you saying I can do it? If so I'll be buying one today.....
I would use ONE QR chain tug, on the drive side.
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I run a Shimano QR on the rear wheel of my slot dropout Inbred. I use a chaintug on both sides as I find it easier to set the chain tension and centre the wheel. No issues with the wheel moving at all.
Great, thanks
Yes, but as others have said, i found it only works with a Shimano Skewer done up tight, then theres no movement due to pedalling or braking even with disc brakes. If the disc mount is on the seat stay, braking forces move the wheel backwards, chaintugs won't stop that so you need a good QR skewer.