Many people look at my 1955 Raleigh Lenton fixed gear, see the horizontal dropouts and think it was a conversion.

Many do not realize that besides track bikes, many road bikes were offered as fixed gear models (with horizontal drops) and my Lenton could have also been ordered as 3 speed (for a few more pounds).



A few people have also commented that the brakes were wrong when they too are as stock as the rest of the bike and the bike came with a pair of them which was again, a common feature since an ss freewheel may have been used. My Lenton has a double stepped hub for a fixed / fixed set up.