The way it is currently is set up for a derailleur with a fixed location for the axel.
If you wanted to make it take a igh or make it single speed/fixed you could easily turn it into a bike with diagonal drop outs by grinding out the extra tab.
36secondride on
Ask your mom
Mistral-Fien on
Also have it on my Hardrock Sport 93. I actually ground it out in order to fit a Nuvinci N330 hub.
The_Grumpy_Professor on
Ha I knew what make, model and year this was before I read the caption… I had one of these and I always wondered about the strange dropouts.
Rode the bike as a commuter for years until it was destroyed in an accident; turns out the frame wasn’t as indestructible as I thought.
Significant_Eye9165 on
I’d be more concerned about how the wheel stays on without any axle nuts!!! 😉
dominiquebache on
Ever seen this before. Is this a regular thing on classic bikes – or just an error in production?
Or maybe they‘ve put a right side dropout to the left unintentionally?
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Have never seen that before.
These frames were built to be multi purpose.
The way it is currently is set up for a derailleur with a fixed location for the axel.
If you wanted to make it take a igh or make it single speed/fixed you could easily turn it into a bike with diagonal drop outs by grinding out the extra tab.
Ask your mom
Also have it on my Hardrock Sport 93. I actually ground it out in order to fit a Nuvinci N330 hub.
Ha I knew what make, model and year this was before I read the caption… I had one of these and I always wondered about the strange dropouts.
Rode the bike as a commuter for years until it was destroyed in an accident; turns out the frame wasn’t as indestructible as I thought.
I’d be more concerned about how the wheel stays on without any axle nuts!!! 😉
Ever seen this before. Is this a regular thing on classic bikes – or just an error in production?
Or maybe they‘ve put a right side dropout to the left unintentionally?