You can swap the ugly tensioner bolt for a normal (5mm thread)4mm allen key headed bolt. I also did away with the locknut, just nip up the dropout and tighten the adjuster into it to stop it rattling loose.
(Mine are on a Lynskey SS which share the same drop-outs and are about a year old). They do work very well.
i do have a whyte preston with an alfine/ss changable setup and love the alfine especialy in the mud of winter ,,
so i have no doubts about the alfine hub,, might wait for the 11 speed one later in the year,, of get an 8 speed one as iexpect the prices to drop soon
My frames, generally are combinations of dropouts, tubesets and geometries. We've got "headtubes" thrown in the mix this year too, and we're just nailing a few aspects on all of those, and then we can start to throw out some more versions and different versions of stuff we have now, and coming.
I don't expect that made sense, but it did in my head.
Looks fab and could tempt me into the world of big wheels…
I always think that with these sort of dropouts that it's the perfect solution on the brake-side, but that the drive-side is so much simpler with a track end and chaintug. How about some sort of mutant with a combination of both? 🙂
My frames, generally are combinations of dropouts, tubesets and geometries. We've got "headtubes" thrown in the mix this year too, and we're just nailing a few aspects on all of those, and then we can start to throw out some more versions and different versions of stuff we have now, and coming.
I don't expect that made sense, but it did in my head.
I always think that with these sort of dropouts that it's the perfect solution on the brake-side, but that the drive-side is so much simpler with a track end and chaintug. How about some sort of mutant with a combination of both?
there really is no need at all to change them. Mine has been faultless from day one.
Glad to hear it! The problem I always had with my Kona's sliders was that the dropouts weren't vertical. There were slightly front-facing to make it easier to get the wheel out with the chain under tension, but that meant you had to clamp the axle nuts down REALLY tight to stop the wheel pulling out under power or when doing fixie skids…