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- Bob -
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I've seen it sugestted that the reason that rear axles bend/break with
a 7 speed freewheel (aside from the obvious engineering shortcomings
of the long unsupported axle segment) is that the stay fork ends are
not properly aligned. It also seems like the alignment issue being
suggested is that the forks ends are not properly in the plane of the
top tube.
I am having trouble imagining how this could be the issue. I could see
that if the fork ends were not aligned vertically, making one rear
stay higher than the other and then riding the bike in a vertical
plane would put more stress on one side of the axle. Have I
misunderstood the issue? Is it the second problem, not the first?
Thanks,
a 7 speed freewheel (aside from the obvious engineering shortcomings
of the long unsupported axle segment) is that the stay fork ends are
not properly aligned. It also seems like the alignment issue being
suggested is that the forks ends are not properly in the plane of the
top tube.
I am having trouble imagining how this could be the issue. I could see
that if the fork ends were not aligned vertically, making one rear
stay higher than the other and then riding the bike in a vertical
plane would put more stress on one side of the axle. Have I
misunderstood the issue? Is it the second problem, not the first?
Thanks,