Thread: WOOHOO! sliding dropouts = derailleur-less bikes - about time too
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Old 10-25-06 | 08:42 AM
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Bikes: Obed GVR, Fairdale Goodship, Salsa Timberjack 29

it's more than horizontal dropouts, it's bolt-on dropout and disk brake mount that sit in the frame. So when you tension the chain, the dropout and the brake mount move together. Solves the issue of SS/FG and disk brakes. Check the rear of this Kona frame:

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