Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
I doubt it. Vertical dropouts have been available for many years before the OP's bike was spec'ed.
I suspect it was a marketing decision to go with the then-fashionable horizontal dropout look.
Yep, I was just thinking about those late 70's Centurion Pro Tours with vertical drops, since I have one hanging in my garage...
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