Bike Forums - View Single Post - Dropout screws in or out? And why??

07-20-16 | 08:17 PM

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jimmuller

What??? Only 2 wheels?

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Originally Posted by 3alarmer

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...if the dropouts are really long, I use the screws to either set the wheelbase longer or shorter,...

The rationale for those was you could adjust the wheelbase and thus your handling for a particular style of racing. (you probably already know this)

I believe you when you say you set the wheelbase longer or shorter, but do you set the wheelbase longer or shorter?

I do know about changing the handling, or at least supposedly doing so. My question is really about what people actually do here. I have never actually experimented with it. Don't know how much I could learn doing it.

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