Old 02-26-08 | 01:51 PM
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Bikes: 1983 Dawes Galaxy, 2006 Raleigh Airlite, 1982 Sun Solo (fixed)

Originally Posted by [COLOR=Black
MichaelW[/COLOR]] The EBB maintains a contant disc-caliper position.
Originally Posted by http://sheldonbrown.com/singlespeed.html#disc
Also, as the chain wears and the axle is moved backward to take up the slack, the relationship of the disc to the caliper will change. That can't be good.
This may be why it has an Eccentric BB and Vertical Dropouts, as said above.
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Originally Posted by cc700
i jam my thumbs up and back into the tubes. this way i can point my fingers straight out in front to split the wind and attain an even more aero profile, and the usual fixed gear - zen - connectedness feeling through the drivetrain is multiplied ten fold because my thumbs become one with the tubing.
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