Quick release on front wheel
08-20-19, 01:26 PM
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Quick release on front wheel
Is this an ok thing to do?
i have a sweet old school 28 spoked American Classic front wheel begging to be used.
i have a sweet old school 28 spoked American Classic front wheel begging to be used.
08-20-19, 02:04 PM
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Yep, in fact that is SOP for my FG road riding.
If you have to install a fresh tire measure to make sure and fit the widest supple tire that clears the fork to get a more compliant ride, the same applies to the rear as wear requires.
-Bandera
If you have to install a fresh tire measure to make sure and fit the widest supple tire that clears the fork to get a more compliant ride, the same applies to the rear as wear requires.
-Bandera
08-20-19, 02:44 PM
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I've been riding fix gear with a front QR since I started riding fixed in 1976.
I don't ride the widest possible tires on any of my fix gears unless I am going off road. Did a century Sunday on 25c tires. (Now that is pretty close to max on that bike as it was designed around a 25c rear tire slid forward to almost touching the seat tube and Sunday I put the 23 tooth on for the biggest hill. About 2 mm either side. Would have been even closer with my 24 tooth cog.)
My winter/rain/city fix gear is set up with 28c Paselas. It has room for bigger (I could probably run 35s on that bike) but I never felt I wanted a bigger tire on pavement with no snow or ice. I really don't like big or squishy tires on my fix gears. On gravel, I will ride narrow tires I simply won't on a geared bike. This is in large part because I have felt from the beginning of my fix gear riding the fix gears will power through problems and come out the other side. (Not always and I try not to be stupid, but many times I have continued on with no more that a temporary heart stoppage from road pothole, rut, debris encounters that I was sure was taking me down. The control of a fix gear at moderate speeds is a lot like a manual transmission in a car and is a huge benefit on gravel, snow and ice. I used to commute on roads I simply could not ride on a geared bike in my Massachusetts/Michigan carless days. In winter, 33c or smaller cyclocross sewups.)
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I don't ride the widest possible tires on any of my fix gears unless I am going off road. Did a century Sunday on 25c tires. (Now that is pretty close to max on that bike as it was designed around a 25c rear tire slid forward to almost touching the seat tube and Sunday I put the 23 tooth on for the biggest hill. About 2 mm either side. Would have been even closer with my 24 tooth cog.)
My winter/rain/city fix gear is set up with 28c Paselas. It has room for bigger (I could probably run 35s on that bike) but I never felt I wanted a bigger tire on pavement with no snow or ice. I really don't like big or squishy tires on my fix gears. On gravel, I will ride narrow tires I simply won't on a geared bike. This is in large part because I have felt from the beginning of my fix gear riding the fix gears will power through problems and come out the other side. (Not always and I try not to be stupid, but many times I have continued on with no more that a temporary heart stoppage from road pothole, rut, debris encounters that I was sure was taking me down. The control of a fix gear at moderate speeds is a lot like a manual transmission in a car and is a huge benefit on gravel, snow and ice. I used to commute on roads I simply could not ride on a geared bike in my Massachusetts/Michigan carless days. In winter, 33c or smaller cyclocross sewups.)
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08-20-19, 04:12 PM
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Unless you're racing on a track, there's no problem using a quick release on the rear wheel, either. Just be sure to use a traditional, enclosed-cam quick release rather than those new-fangled open-cam designs. Those open-cam ones don't clamp firmly enough to hold the wheel in a horizontal dropout slot.
