Originally Posted by
mihlbach
They all look jackass when the wheel is set toward the back of the dropout leaving a huge abyss between the seat tube and tire. If you can't get the wheel to fit inside the cutout, either because of wrong gear ratio, too long chain, or poor frame design, it defeats the purpose of the cutout.
Yes and no. If you are training and changing gears for it then it's not really jackass, just break the chain for race days to actually make use of the cutout. But for street use I agree, cut outs are kinda jackass.