Dave Bohm wrote:
> I would also bring up the point that many bikes
> throughout the 1900-1940's had vertical drops.
> Heck, even the Wright brothers used =
> vertical drops that we now call Breezers
> (copycats).
Not disbelieving, but just curious: Were sprung derailleurs (as we know them) common in these years? How were chains tensioned on vertical dropouts otherwise? Tell us more please.
thanks, Craig Sandvik Berkeley, CA
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