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Can someone explain this to me?

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Old 07-22-07 | 09:19 PM
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Can someone explain this to me?

https://www.pedalmafia.com/bike_ups_img/117_1.html

That bike has vertical dropouts..I thought horizontal were needed for chain tension?

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Old 07-22-07 | 09:19 PM
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Explain what?
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Old 07-22-07 | 09:25 PM
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That pizza has green peppers. I thought black olives were needed for optimum deliciousness?
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Old 07-22-07 | 09:26 PM
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That pizza has green peppers. I thought black olives were needed to obtain optimum deliciousness.
How that bike is a fixie w/ vertical dropouts
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Old 07-22-07 | 09:26 PM
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Do these pants match this shirt?
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Old 07-22-07 | 09:27 PM
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(Which bike?)
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Old 07-22-07 | 09:28 PM
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Link should be working..did the guy just adjust the chain length to be perfect?
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Old 07-22-07 | 09:28 PM
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Do these pants match this shirt?
yes, but they make your butt look big.
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Old 07-22-07 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Allanbinho
yes, but they make your butt look big.
Those jeans don't make your ass look big, your fat ass makes your ass look big.

(Serious answer, he found the magic gear for that frame. And when the chain stretches, he'll just have to buy a new chain.)
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Old 07-22-07 | 09:38 PM
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ether perfect match on the gear OOORRRR its an eccentric bottom bracket shell.

like this:
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Old 07-22-07 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by knucks
How that bike is a fixie w/ vertical dropouts
with this
https://sheldonbrown.com/harris/white-hubs.html

or using a "magic ratio"
meaning that a few cog/chainring combos can work on any given bike with vertical dropouts, but when the chain stretches at all you're ****ed and need to run a tensioner
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Old 07-22-07 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by crushkilldstroy
Do these pants match this shirt?
yes, but they make your butt look big.
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Old 07-22-07 | 10:05 PM
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Judging by the allen bolts, I'm gonna say it's an ENO hub.
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Old 07-23-07 | 11:07 AM
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Judging by the allen bolts, I'm gonna say it's an ENO hub.
We have a winner. The hub is also off-axis as you can see.
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Old 07-23-07 | 12:23 PM
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that bike looks cool, maybe i have bad taste. lol , i wanna build a bike like that
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Old 07-23-07 | 12:34 PM
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Plus, it looks like he's running a half-link, right at the seat tube in the image.
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Old 07-23-07 | 02:52 PM
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I may be wrong on this one but isnt a half link standard kit if your runing a magic gear unless you want putting on you wheel a total pain in the @$$
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Old 07-23-07 | 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Kol.klink
I may be wrong on this one but isnt a half link standard kit if your runing a magic gear unless you want putting on you wheel a total pain in the @$$

I think you're thinking of a 'master link' or 'quick link'. A half link isn't magic ... it just makes your chain a little longer. Some magic ratios need them, some don't.

And that is definitely an Eno. Off-center wheel and the allen bolts are good giveaways.
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