My bike has forward facing dropouts, so I haven't had a chance to play around with rear facing "track ends," but I don't see how they are really considered that much safer. The reason I always hear for rear facing dropouts is that if your wheel comes detached from the frame, the chain will hold it on. But really, if your wheel is just being held by one side with a flexible chain, won't it make the back wheel go crooked, jam the tire against the chainstays and make you crash anyway? Or alternatively, the non-drive side slips out of the dropout entirely?

Has anyone on here had an experience where track ends saved their life or is it just another bike snobbery thing that has been over-hyped?



And no, I'm not trollin'