Axle Position in dropouts
 

I need some opinions on if my axle is too far forward in my dropouts. I took out my halflink to get a tighter chain, and it might be too short now. I can run it with the link no problem, but wanted a litle less rock in chain. I don't skid as my knee just can't take it.

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its hard to tell from those photos. take a picture from the side, stairing straight at the axel nut

in my opinion you have plenty of room. as long as you've got about 3/4 of the nut touching the dropout you're good. i'm sure you'll get varying opinions but i've tried it your way to much success.

That's fine. The axle and nut is completely surrounded by the dropout. On one of my bikes half the nut is outside of the dropout, and it's never slipped.

Looks fine to me.

You might consider JBwelding it in there for added security.

That's tons o' room. My bike's similar to BostonFixed and it's nary slipped, eh.

mine is about same psoition as yours. same type of locking nut. nevre slipped

really? i was going to suggest some loctite.

Would you suggest red or blue?

looks fine.

Red AND Blue

is that the red or the blue? i can never remember.

Obviously if you mix read and blue you get purple. Everyone knows purple loctite is low strength.

Better get some phlogiston, then.

Should be fine.

"these colors dont run"

IF it's gonna slip it's gonna slip...you'll have less warning of a catastrophic failure than you would with longer dropouts, but not by much. Just tighten it down as if your life depended on it...

... yeah, or just loctite it.

you may actually want to walk it down to a framebuilder and see how much he'll charge to weld the axle into the dropouts for you. it's the only TRUE way to avoid failure, and i do it with all my bikes as i'm sure any consciencous rider does.

I agree with most that the axle position isn't really a big deal, especially if you're not skidding.

However, I am confused as to why you took the halflink out to "get a tighter chain." What does a shorter chain have to do with tightness other than when it's hitting the back of the dropout?

The halflink had the axle up against the dropouts for the setup I like, and the chain had a little too much play, not enough to have the chain fall, but enough to bother me on trackstands and backpeddling.

Must be some pretty small dropouts then, since a halflink only gives 1/4" more room.

Its fine bro. I have my winter bike set-up similarly to what you have goin on. I can skid the crap out of it and it hasnt slipped yet...even with craptastic non-track nuts. Don't sweat it.

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I am going to just pop in real quick and try to lear something, he said, " don't skid as my knee just can't take it." And I was just wondering how chain tension can effect skidding? Thanks!