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Force-Grand on August 14, 2023 12:43 pm Dropout adjustment screws. Allows you to set them up so that you’re not having to line up the wheel every time you take it off and put it back on. Get the wheel lined up, position the screws accordingly then (in theory) forever more your wheel will go on in exactly the right position.
sitdownrando-r on August 14, 2023 12:43 pm Dropout adjustment screw. Used to help ensure the axle is square in the frame.
_aaacb on August 14, 2023 12:44 pm To make it faster to align the wheel in the frame after removing it
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Dropout adjustment screws. Allows you to set them up so that you’re not having to line up the wheel every time you take it off and put it back on.
Get the wheel lined up, position the screws accordingly then (in theory) forever more your wheel will go on in exactly the right position.
Dropout adjustment screw. Used to help ensure the axle is square in the frame.
To make it faster to align the wheel in the frame after removing it
Looks like a classic frame – what is it that you’ve got there?