Originally Posted by
Hida Yanra
my money is that anyone who is "buying a moots track to match moots road" is rolling "ratcheting socket style" anyway?
Ti is a bad material for track racing dropouts in general - but that's some of what you pay for when going to a non-track specialist manuf... oh well. I bet it'll be a great looking bike that is loved and ridden plenty. It'll be better looking than my scratched up Giant, and it'll also get ridden more than said Giant
Actually, Ti is a great material for track dropouts because it's soft and your nuts can get a good bite on them to hold. The bad part is being non-replaceable.
Tiemeyer and Felt TK1 use Ti dropouts and I never needed a chain tensioner for either one, even during standing starts.
I can't recall about the TK1, but I know that Tiemeyer droputs are replaceable. Actually I bought some extras from Mr. Tiemeyer before he retired.