Old 07-30-22 | 09:06 AM
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bikethis
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Originally Posted by Hondo6
As others have said, that's indeed a horizontal dropout. It looks to be the short version; can't tell if it's stamped or forged from the photo.

The late Sheldon Brown's website has a page with an explanation of the various dropouts and an excellent diagram showing the differences between them. The diagram is found not quite halfway thru this page:

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/no-derailers.html.

For the reasons noted in the other Sheldon Brown page cited above, you really should use an enclosed-cam skewer with that type of dropout.
Thanks for the info!
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