Originally Posted by
Road Fan
Coming out of the middle of these should be some threaded hollow rod, about 5 mm worth on each side of the wheel. These are the axle stubs, and they NEED to slide into the big long slots on your dropouts.
I've seen and described exactly whats binding, but apparently didnt do a very good job at it. You have though:
What you describe above is exactly what I was trying to explain. Those are what don't fit in the dropouts. I have no idea if they fit before powdercoating as I just bought the wheel set today.
I dont really like the idea of scraping off powdercoat but I guess I have no other choice.