So you can move the wheel back farther to get proper chain tension.
While you're clicking all those Sheldon Brown links, check out his fixed gear articles.
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CardiacKid
I explained that he could never pay me enough cash for the amount of work I had put into that bike and the only way to compensate me for it was to ride the hell out of it.
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