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Old 06-29-06 | 01:01 PM
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Dropouts...

Just a quick curious question, why is it important to have horizontal dropouts on a fixed or single speed bike?

And yes.. im a complete newcomer to cycling and wouldnt have know what the word "drop out" meant about 2 weeks ago, but yes...

I have Semi-Horizontal dropouts, it is possible for me to change my current bike to a singlespeed? or do I require/need a frame with dead horizontal dropouts?

Equally... would it also be possible with vertical dropouts??
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Old 06-29-06 | 01:03 PM
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Old 06-29-06 | 01:06 PM
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https://sheldonbrown.com/fixed-conversion.html#vertical

read that.
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Old 06-29-06 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by M3ta7h3ad
Equally... would it also be possible with vertical dropouts??
Anything's possible, but it usually takes some kind of chain tensioner if your dropouts are vertical. Semi-horizontal will also work, but there isn't as much room for chain tensioning as there is with horizontal.

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Old 06-29-06 | 01:16 PM
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Cheers for the answers just was a curio question thats all no intention of doing it just yet, but thank you all the same.
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