Re: [CR]Track ENDS/Nutted Fasteners

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Avocet)

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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:29:26 -0500
To: nickzz@mindspring.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Warren & Elizabeth" <warbetty@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR]Track ENDS/Nutted Fasteners


My turn to speculate...

First, they are track ends, not dropouts. Nutted axles are perceived to be stronger than quick release although there appear to many riders who say QR's are sufficient. Try selling that to Curt Harnett and Marty Nothstein.

CR content...on many of the older fixed road bikes , axle retainers were used in conjunction with track ends, providing the ultimate in wheel security. They also make chain tension and wheel alignment a cinch. Yes they are a pain when changing a flat but who thinks about that when they go out for a ride.

Warren Young Toronto

A follow up to the drop out question.
>
>Why are the wheels on fixed gear/track bicycles
>attached with nutted fasteners rather than quick release type skewers used
>on road bicycles?
>
>Track/Fixed gear rear wheel attachment seems to be distinctly different
>from a road,but the front seems to be the same.