I wrote
> > You haven't tried hard enough! If you leave off the bolt, and file
>> off the alignment bump, the adaptor claw can be held in place by the
>> skewer alone.
>>
>> The downside of this is that installing the rear wheel becomes
>> slightly more complicated, but this isn't a biggie, lots of folks
>> have loose adaptor claws.
>>
>
> > The upside is you don't mess up the chrome.
Pete Geurds asked
>So this should work in practice?
No, I make a malicious hobby of giving people bad advice just for
fun...nya-ha-ha-ha!
>I was concerned about adding difficulty to getting the wheel
How often to you install/remove the rear wheel?
>in plus shifting inconsistency from not getting the
>derailleur properly located.
This _might_ be a minor issue with indexed shifting.
Not a problem if you can live with friction, as I imagine would be
the case for Pete's Hetchins.
>Someone suggested cleaning and applying red
>Loctite, which I haven't tried yet.
Huh? Where? Loctite is for threads or for press-fit assemblies.
>I have a Raleigh SuperCourse which was built with strange geometry. The stays
>are short which would have worked fine with vertical dropouts instead of the
>short horizontals they used. (Deflating the tire to get it in past the front
>derailleur is a nuisance.)
>For the 700 x 28 tire to clear the front derailleur I've whittled down the
>adapter and the claw hardware to get a clearance of under an 1/8'' when
>installed. Forget fenders!
>The adapter robs almost a third of the usable dropout length.(closer to half
>from the factory)
>Maybe they used the chainstays from a smaller frame?
>At least they brazed all the joints! (So far as I can tell)
>New dropouts would be an answer, wouldn't be sacrificing anything rare or
>valuable.
An easier answer would be to drill and tap a hole for the adaptor claw's mounting screw. This would be easy enough on the mild steel dropouts uses on Super Courses (not so easy on the chromed, forged dropout of Pete Naiman's Hetchins.)
Sheldon "Cheap And Easy" Brown
Newtonville, Massachusetts
+---------------------------------------------+
| I have suffered from being misunderstood |
| but I would have suffered a hell of a lot |
| more if I had been understood. |
| --Clarence Darrow |
+---------------------------------------------+
Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
Phone 617-244-9772, 617-244-1040, FAX 617-244-1041
http://harriscyclery.com
Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
http://captainbike.com
Useful articles about bicycles and cycling
http://sheldonbrown.com