This started happening today. My wheel gradually moves forward in the drop out while riding, also immediately shifts forward if I hit a bump or go off road.
The skewer it pretty right. If it still shifts after cleaning the gunk off and buying new skewers, what could be the issue?
by These-Warthog-9944
3 Comments
Did you tighten the wheel enough?
Is it possible the nut or axle has it’s thread messed up and won’t tighten well anyway?
Or is it on a Quick-release system? In which case, it shouldn’t be. On longer dropouts it is always wiser to have it on threaded tightening.
If it’s on QR, we go back to first – did you tighten it enough?
if your wheel is slipping on the drive side, you might need something like this: https://surlybikes.com/products/snuggnut
What kind of QR skewers – internal cam or external cam? External cam skewers often don’t clamp as hard and can wear out.
THAT SAID, I had a bike with semi-horizonal forward facing dropouts like this, where the wheel shifted once or twice on me despite having a very good Shimano internal-cam skewer. I ended up putting a Surly Hurdy Gurdy on it just for peace of mind.