Originally Posted by
FastJake
Haven't you ever used vertical dropouts? It's like mounting a wheel in a fork. You jam it into the dropouts by putting weight on the bike, and tighten the wheel there, giving you exact and perfect placement every time.
Horizontal dropouts, of course, require eyeballing it or using dropout adjustment screws.
I've never seen true vertical. Semi-vertical, yes, and I've had to manually adjust wheel placement. With forks, where you'd think placement would be automatic, I've still had to adjust wheel position between the blades to avoid brakes rubbing. I honestly thought everyone did these adjustments all the time, on both wheels.