Re: [CR]vertical vs. horizontal dropouts

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

From: "Craig Sandvik" <distracticon@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]vertical vs. horizontal dropouts
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:11:55 -0700 (PDT)

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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