Originally Posted by
T-Mar
The faux horizontal dropout is an interesting solution to fixed chain gap, though a standard vertical dropout would have saved some weight. At least it has a drewing outline for the fixie/SS crowd.
This seemed to be normal on "Giant" built-in-Taiwan bikes of the mid-to-late 1980's. I had (still in my parents' garage attic) a Giant built Schwinn World Sport from 1986 that had the same DS dropout, and the other side was slotted all the way back, with the outer plates being stainless steel. I've seen it on a few other dropouts on various marque Giant-built bikes of the era. Ironically, I ground back 5 mm or so on the DS dropout to allow good chain tension on my first fixed gear. I still ride one sometimes, some 12 years later.