Originally Posted by
dutret
well it is unless your wheel wasn't in the dropouts to begin with. The tire will hit the stay before that happens and even if it didn't you can't pull the non-driveside out so the wheel won't go anywhere. If you were a bit stronger and actually had to worry about this problem that would be obvious after the first or second time it happened with trackends.
actually yeah, this is true...it just happened to me on my geared bike. i usually seat the rear wheel all the way back into the dropout, but i tried to move it up a bit just for fun. i didn't seat the axle straight so every rotation or so of the back wheel it made kind of a "rickety" sound...after about 10 miles and shifting into a particular gear, the wheel finally popped out of the dropout and into the left chain stay. bike stopped dead in its tracks but fortunately i could back pedal enough for me to get out of my clips >_o
so yeah, i think you'll know something's funky well before you have any problems.