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12-07-14 | 04:39 PM

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Bikes: too many bikes from 1967 10s (5x2)Frejus to a Sumitomo Ti/Chorus aluminum 10s (10x2), plus one non-susp mtn bike I use as my commuter

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Originally Posted by Al1943

I once bought a bike for my son that had a rear triangle so tight that you had to deflate the rear 700 x 23c tire in order to get it past the chainstays......

I suspect that was on a bike with horizontal dropouts, and it was a fairly common on super tight bikes BITD. I credit this issue with contributing to the current dominance of verticals which usually have the slot aligned (very slightly back pointing) to solve that problem.

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