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Old 05-18-07 | 07:57 PM
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BostonFixed
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Originally Posted by chunts
EDIT: basically what was said in the very first reply. you can't torque the wheel out of the dropouts. I think mathmatically there are larger forces applied to a track cog than on a geared bike, but either way its sort of a safety feature.
No. There is way way more torque/force/whatever applied under the gearing on a geared bike, say a MTB rider in the granny ring, regardless of rider strength or ability.
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