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Testing a bike ?

Gavin · 2008-03-18 17:16:23

Hey, I put together a single speed bike. As I was cycling in this morning, waiting for the wheel to fall off, I figured there must be a better way of testing the bike other than human experimentation. The rear wheel is on a horizontal, forward facing, dropout with steel skewers and an enclosed cam QR lever. I ground down…

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18-03-2008 6:16pm

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Gavin

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Hey,

I put together a single speed bike. As I was cycling in this morning, waiting for the wheel to fall off, I figured there must be a better way of testing the bike other than human experimentation.

The rear wheel is on a horizontal, forward facing, dropout with steel skewers and an enclosed cam QR lever. I ground down the axle so it's not out of the dropouts and removed all the paint around the dropouts. I tightened it as hard as I could, according to Sheldon it will hold. So is there a good way of testing how secure the wheel is, other than finding a steep hill and grinding my way up it?

Cheers,
Gav

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