Old 08-29-20 | 01:07 PM
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From: Ciudad de Vacas, Tejas

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Originally Posted by ofajen
The bike had a semi-horizontal dropout on the non-drive side but a sort of faux dropout on the drive side, where the dropout was partly filled in to help easily position the rear axle.

I wanted a bit more room to adjust the rear axle for SS, but I was feeling lazy, so I paid the owner of a LBS $20 to extend the dropout. A fair bit of not fun work with a hacksaw.





Otto
Doesn't look like your LBS did a very good job of cutting it straight. Is the wheel still aligned vertically with the frame ? When I've done something like this, I used a grinder. It takes a long time, but the results are quite good.
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