Originally Posted by
deadforkinglast
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.
There are even chain tensioners that work with horizontal dropouts. People love fork ends because they're too often under the mistaken impression that they're riding track bikes, when they're really just riding road bikes with fork ends.