Originally Posted by
Littlefish
Just found this thread, because Suntour GS dropouts are of consuming interest to me right now. I have a 1973 Carlton Corsair with Suntour GS dropouts and the offside rear one (ie drive side) is broken. Does anyone by any chance have a replacement available? Or a knackered Carlton frame from which a dropout could be salvaged? I have about five other Carlton frames, but none of them use the GS dropout...
I could have sworn I had one someplace here, but I'll be darned if I can find it. As you probably know, the GS dropout is somewhat unusual in that the tabs are offset to provide freewheel clearance without having to radius the stay ends. You could use some other similar dropout, but would likely need to radius the stay ends and re-align the rear triangle to compensate for the loss of the offset.