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02-16-11, 08:39 AM

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ITT: Your favorite drop out details

Also, if you have the whale drop-outs can you please post a pic? I had one but now I can't find it anywhere...

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02-16-11, 08:49 AM

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The original swanky dropout (or track end if you are particular). I have a set of these waiting for a frame.

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Post #16 for whale

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...hale+Track+End

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02-16-11, 09:29 AM

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Post #16 for whale

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...hale+Track+End

LOL at me posting in that thread then not being able to find it! Jesus...

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02-16-11, 09:35 AM

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Yes!

If I had a lot of money that I could just spend on whatever, i'd probably get a geek house (or the pista concept I have always wanted)

02-16-11, 09:53 AM

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Personally I'm in love with the peacock groove dropouts

https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/...rt-five/108995

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This forum has gotten entirely too specific.

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This forum has gotten entirely too specific.

definitely a good thing.

these definitely get me everytime.

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Ones that face forward with a derailer hanger.

I still don't get the point of rear facing "track ends." Why are they better than the old horizontal dropouts on geared bikes?

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I still don't get the point of rear facing "track ends." Why are they better than the old horizontal dropouts on geared bikes?

Street cred bro.

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I still don't get the point of rear facing "track ends." Why are they better than the old horizontal dropouts on geared bikes?

On an actual track bike, should the axle ever slip, it will just go forward instead of whole wheel popping out of the dropouts.

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Street cred bro.

This is actually true... come to think of it a converted road bike would be a much better "get around campus" bike than my steel track frame... but I can't give up my street cred bro.

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i like a place to put my rear axle.

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This is actually true... come to think of it a non - converted road bike would be a much better "get around campus" bike than my steel track frame...

Don't you mean this?
I've been riding my buddies old bianchi roadie and I get around so much quicker, especially at that one stretch of flat road where I can sprint in the highest gearing; I live in an annexed part of campus.

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ucsd?

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...where can i get a frame with whale dropouts?

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Quote:

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Don't you mean this?

Very true... if I lived on an annexed part of campus (or a few miles off-campus) that'd be ideal. However, I only use my bike on the main part of campus (or sometimes short off-campus trips) so a fixed gear is ideal for dodging between people walking haphazardly.