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QD wheel spindles.
On Monday, November 24, 2014 1:42:59 PM UTC-5, Ian Field wrote:
"Sir Ridesalot" wrote in message ... On Sunday, November 23, 2014 1:01:14 PM UTC-5, Ian Field wrote: "John D. Slocomb" wrote in message ... On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:06:45 -0000, "Ian Field" wrote: "Phil W Lee" wrote in message . .. "Ian Field" considered Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:05:04 -0000 the perfect time to write: Just scrounged a pair of MTB wheels - but they have QD spindles. My locking up chain isn't long enough to go through both wheels, the frame and whatever I'm chaining it to. Is there any technical reason why I couldn't swap the spindles over from a pair of old damaged wheels? Thanks. Why not just drop the front wheel out when you lock it up, and thread it on the locking up chain where it will fit, next to the back wheel? I've seen plenty of bikes locked up that way, without any apparent problems. Too lazy - also involves unhooking the front brake cable so the blocks clear the tyre. I get grease on my hands often enough fixing things that go wrong. Get another locking cable/chain and lock the frame and wheels together and then the whole package to the lamp post. Cable locks are cheap. Or a length of chain and another padlock. Or spray paint the bike with various colors. I had a mate that did that figuring that no one would steal anything that looked "that bad", and nobody did but whether that validates his theory I'm not sure :-) The bike was scrounged on Freecycle a few years ago, I have spent money on it - but generally as little as I can get away with. From time to time I get comments while locking it outside the supermarket; "the chains worth more than the bike isn't it?". As yet, I have other spare wheels - so I can put off using the QR ones untill there's no other choice. A regular wheelnut is a loose fit on the QR axle - a QR cone wont fit the regular axle. Since a regular cone will go on the QR axle, I can spin one down the thread and see whether it fits with the bearing. If the fit 8is "loose" you're very likely to have trouble keeping the cones adjusted properly. Do try to pay attention!!!!! The fact that a regular cone can be run down the thread of a QR axle, allows me to check its fit to the bearing. The whole point of the exercise is to fit a regular axle that's right for the cones I'm checking out. You have a habit of getting pretty nasty to some who are trying to help you.. If a cone or nut "spins" down a thread then it's likely a loose fit. If the fit's loose adjustments don't stay. You can have a nut thread onto something where there's a bit of movement of the nut on the threads. That's called a Class B fit and it's something that you'd want to avoid. Good luck. I'm not trying to help any further. Cheers |
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