From: "Jan Heine" <heine93@earthlink.net>
> While I am unfamiliar with that type of Huret dropout, I looked at
> your photo. The Singer dropout you show appears to have an insert
> that acts as a "nut" - assuming it's threaded. In that case, the
> dropout itself must have a simple, unthreaded hole for the system to
> work. Is your bike missing the presumably threaded inserts?
> I wonder how the inserts are kept from turning. Is there a groove at
> the top and bottom of the dropout slot, with a matching splines in
> the insert, so the insert can slide back and forth only?
> Maybe I there is something I don't see. Check whether your holes are
> threaded. Even stripped threads still look "threaded." If my
> hypothesis is correct, the holes should be smooth.
>
I was wondering if the French decided that a different size screw was needed and Donald's frame has Campy(standard) sized dropout screws which are simply spinning in a too big hole?
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, Pa