Originally Posted by
palisader
Well my 24 hour post limit is up, so I am back. Indeed, the damage is merely paint having been scraped off, and there is no gouging of metal. Which is good news. In fact, somewhat embarrassingly, the right dropout had a flush plastic spacer that I did not see until accidentally pressing it out, as it blended in with the decades old grime. The axle now sits further in and I rode it today for a few miles: good enough to set a KOM!
Thank you for this suggestion! I had not considered the alignment of the bike, and it felt especially important to check, being a 30+ year old bike.
The last thing I expected was to refashion a black/blue vs gold/white dress debate, just the bike version of it.
Thank you for all of the responses, I was not expecting so many of them. And they were all exceedingly helpful. I was able to properly inspect the dropout for damage as well as find the fix. I must be honest I was also not expecting hateful responses (@veganbikes), though what else is there to expect from somebody who advertises being vegan?
Not a hateful comment at least not directed at you specifically but you came here asked a question realized you couldn't post pictures and instead of becoming a member of the forum decided to knowingly spam just to post your picture in your thread. People sometimes cannot handle honesty but it is what is needed. We have a lot of people who come to the forum who just make a quick post and leave instead of becoming an active member of the forum treating us like a search engine instead of a really awesome forum.