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Old 06-14-19, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by 79pmooney
Or the bike is doing things that weren't envisioned when the bike was designed. I never dreamed I'd be running 35c tires and fix gear on my Peter Mooney when I ordered it 41 years ago to ride very rough gravel. I did spec horizontal dropouts so I "could" run fix gear if I ever wanted to but never dreamed I would.

Guess that makes me an idiot. Funny, I thought I was being smart.

Ben
Was referring to Wabi frames where half the length of the dropouts are unusable even with skinny tires but OK.
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