Originally Posted by
Scrodzilla
That would be on the list of dealbreakers for me right there. I know the dropouts on older Leader frames with single-sided plates were prone to getting pretty chewed up over time.
Are there preventative things you can do to avoid this? Also I noticed that this Pake is 7005 Aluminum (as opposed to 6061 which some other bikes are). I wonder if this would affect the durability of the dropouts.