Originally Posted by
rmball28
I have a troll and I dislike the horizontal dropout quite a bit. If you do not move the axle all the way to the front it is easy to pull the wheel out of alignment. In order to move the wheel up you have to buy a special disc brake adapter from surly,
the monkey nuts I have on my troll are these ones
https://surlybikes.com/parts/monkey_nuts
the ones that are locked in place with a small allen key tightened bolt.
It must be because of the rohlof requirements that the dropouts are the design and shape and length they are, but that has always been the whole thing with the troll.
I just put the wheel as far as it can go, and its done.
and Im very happy with the handling of the troll with the wheelbase at the length it is with the wheel in this position. It steers nicely and a bit quickly, but not overly, and its stable from 5kph to 80kph, so thats cool with me.
mind you, this is why they brought in the Bridge Club, normal (and cheaper) dropout design, and it can take a variety of wheelsizes, so fairly versatile as a bike for diff setups.