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Despite cranking on the QR with gloves on my rear wheel still seems to slip a bit in horizontal dropouts
Could this be down to the Hope skewer?
maybe, but I'd look to get a drivside chaintug if one will fit
Would have thought that Shimano qr skewers and a driveside chaintug would be the minimum for no slippage.
Even running the wheel in the foremost position?
Oh, skewer then.
what do you mean by foremost ? If it's right into the slot on a rear-facing dropout then it "can't" slip
Yeh, they're shite. HTH
Yes at the front of the slot
Seems to be slipping back slightly on the rotor side after a few miles
Cheap shiman QR (massive camming action) done up really tight with DMR chain tug on drive side.
Works well on my Simple
What hub is it, one with adjustable cup and cones might have the axle slightly too far out of the hub in the slipping side meaning no matter how tight the skewer, the extra axle will sit against the qr nut and limit how clamped the dropout can be. Have had this once, was a pain in the tits till I remembered I'd rebuilt the shimano hubs shortly before the problem started.
But also, hope qr's aren't the best, need quite a force to feel like they are proper tight, much prefer shimano ones.
Even running the wheel in the foremost position?
Seems to be slipping back slightly on the rotor side after a few miles
Disc reaction forces are along the line of the dropout slot so it can do this if the axle isn't a bolted one. Shimano or RWS QRs may fix it but most QRs with horizontal dropouts and discs aren't a great combo.
roughen up the inner face of the skewer "caps" and maybe the dropout face ?
(or find/bodge something to work like a chaintug but to hold the disc side forward in the slot)
As big a user of Hope hubs/Brakes/Head-doctors as I am, I'm not a fan of their skewers. I've still got one in a bike with a vertical dropout. It has to be as tight as it's physically possible for me to make it to stop the rear end creaking.
Simple fix...try another skewer.
D.
What frame?
we used to sell a lot of DJ bikes at Freeborn and one of the most common "upgrades" was to ditch the boring Shimano steel QR skewers for fancy coloured Hope ones, and then soon put the boring Shimano ones back on (at least the rear) as the wheel would constantly slip under load with the horizontal dropouts
good quality steel skewer (i.e. campag or Shimano) and chain tugs, it'll never slip again
Krampus