back in the day....

[meticulous]

did every fooker tighten up wheel nuts without washers???     

every used old school bike has 'crushing' and 'churning up' at the dropouts,  what the fook was everyone thinking?

where we all that stupid?   

[oldschoolace]

Yep 

Who knew any better? 

[markyp]

what the feck are washers?

[rooski]

The drops on my old bike are near perfect

I can safely say most did'nt,and still don't, know any better judging by some of the questions in on here

[Glynnyboy]

The drops on my old bike are near perfect

You've helped a few of my poorer one's look a damn site better over the last couple of year too.

[Retrodan72]

Guilty as charged Sam, and the axle pulled back as far as poss to make the chain as tight as poss too, did it again getting back into building.

[rooski]

The drops on my old bike are near perfect

You've helped a few of my poorer one's look a damn site better over the last couple of year too.

To be fair Glynn,you helped me

[skki3330]

Washers were for rich kids 

[stidds]

did every fooker tighten up wheel nuts without washers???     

every used old school bike has 'crushing' and 'churning up' at the dropouts,  what the fook was everyone thinking?

where we all that stupid?   

Of course we did, one we didn't want the wheel to move and two, did anybody honestly think that BMX's would be collectable in any way?  Of course we didn't.

[GavinDavis]

Washers were for rich kids 

 ....I love that!! haha

But yeah, pretty guilty of that one too......tug of war with your mate to get the wheel back and smash the hell outta the dropouts with the longest spanner you could get lol.  I pretty much murdered my burner dropouts as a kid, to the point where it was a mission to get the wheel off lol.

[Peter J]

These use to chew frames reet good

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10MM-TRACK-WHEEL-NUTS-X2-WIDE-10MM-THREAD-BACK-WHEEL-NUTS-/200849345014?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item2ec38dc9f6

and a nice big spanner 

[skki3330]

Stidds is spot on if i kept some of my stuff that now collectable id be a millionair

[animal]

Think u will find that washers were never used bitd cos the nuts were serated so they gripped the frame . Hence the foooked drops. Hence all thye pooe con drops . Plus washer were a weight issue  

[kev-s]

never used washers, peregrine axles were so short if you used washers there wouldnt be enough axle left to fit your pegs