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Old 02-05-12 | 04:40 PM
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Bikes: 2009 Cannondale CAAD9-?

Originally Posted by slynkie
I have a favor to ask - could someone with a CAAD10 (preferably 2012, but I'd be curious about any year) measure the width of the rear dropout spacing?

Since I got my 10, I've noticed some difficulty removing and putting the rear wheel back in. Up until today I've only used the stock Fulcrum 7s, and the stock skewer. Today, I threw on my tubulars, with a different skewer. This skewer apparently doesn't interface with the dropouts in quite the same way as the stock skewer - in the middle of sprinting up over the crest of a hill, the wheel fell out of the dropouts.

(I'm 100% fine, I went in to a front wheelie for a bit, got my feet out and saved it. I'm sure I'll get some "you didn't tighten the skewer properly" responses - well, maybe I didn't, and obviously if I didn't then I'm pretty damn lucky I didn't kill myself. Let's leave it at that, please..)

I measured my dropouts when I got home and they're 140mm, uncompressed (i.e., no wheel + skewer setting them together). This strikes me as being odd...but I'm kind of a dumbass when it comes to bike mechanics.

Can anyone corroborate or disprove this is normal for CAAD10s?

Thanks
140mm? Is that after the accident?
I'm looking at CDale docs that say 130mm.
I'll see what I can post for you.
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