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Old 06-19-16 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by SquidPuppet
What size are those bolts? They look big enough to be really cranked down on with no problems.
That's an aluminum frame, isn't it? There are limits to what the frame threads can take. (I might think about drilling out those holes and using longer high quality bolts and huts + lockwashers on the wheel side if it were my bike and I really wanted to ride fixed.)

You have probably already thought of this, but you have taken de-geaser (or strong detergent) and cleaned the surfaces of both the frame and the dropout mating surfaces I trust.

Ben
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