e-liz

Gchat conversations about totally real, not made-up bike parts

• Michael: so one kind of annoying issue that i'm going to have with that trek is that external cam quick release skewers are not recommended with horizontal dropouts
• me: oh I KNOW
• Michael: what should i do about that?
• me: idk, maybe torque the rampshaft to 34 and replace with a semi-Dutch keystone axonberg?
• Michael: 34 would put way too much lateral stress on the shaft, i don't think the 6006 alloy is quite so compliant
• me: good point
• Michael: vertically compliant, maybe. but look at the forces we're dealing with.
• me: so maybe we lube it cold-style before installing the custom myles grips?
• Michael: they haven't made myles grips since the late 80s…
• me: ebay?
• Michael: checked, the problem is that they suffer from stress fractures as the alloy oxidizes.
• me: right. well, i think you might just have to risk it. if all else fails we can replace the rear ox with a holdenbrook satch, just until you can find a suitable crempshaw tubeshank.