Originally Posted by
Bat56
So, the question - why is it not more popular and recommended? It's easier and cheaper than the other options. Especially if you are going to grind the drop outs to widen them. Much easier to open a smaller horizontal channel than the whole damn thing.
Have a hacksaw, didn't have the means to grind the dropouts. Why is it not more popular? Probably because not many people try to convert a bike with vertical dropouts like I did. It was a cheap way to make a cheap bike into a cheap fixed gear back when surly fixxers were alot less money.
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