Originally Posted by
CaliBuddha
See, I saw someone say something about they had a quick release skewer and it worked fine on here recently. The guy at the shop said it would be ok if I had a different dropout. He actually knew I wasnt going to buy the wheel from them b/c I was telling him Ive been searching eBay for things and he said he didnt feel comfortable selling me the chainring if it wasnt going to work properly... *SIGH* Should I just go ahead and get a chainring and see how it does?
Your shop wrench is a moron. QR's work fine. I have climbed 8-9% grades on them and no slippy. I used old Campy, Suntour QR's with zero problems with slippage.
I agree with the last poster, if you have horrizontal dropouts, you don't need a tensioner. This can help your cause since you can control your hain tension by how much you pull your wheel back into your dropouts.
The only other thing I can think of is that the rear cog is somehow twisting under pressure. Or its bent. Its pretty tough to throw a chain or skip on a properly tensioned chain. I would have the tensioned push upwards (if you keep it) towards the chainstay which will help engage more teeth on the rear cog.
I would also make sure the cassette lockring is nice and tight against the cassette spacers (I am assuming you are running a freehub.
Do all these things and I don't see it not working. Its strange you are having these problems in the first place.....