Originally Posted by
Onfixiate
Rear wheel removal with fenders doesn't have to be that bad...Just use a pair of the plastic retainers as used on the FRONT fender. If you have to remove the rear wheel, just pull the struts out of the retainers to give more clearance when sliding the axle aft. The fender is flexy enough to allow relatively easy wheel removal.
This is true, but with horizontal dropouts, you don't have to do any of that. There just seems to be an obsession with fork ends right now, even if they're not right for a lot of the riding that people do. I can't really think of any disadvantage horizontal dropouts would give to a rider aside from not being able to use a chain tensioner.