Joe King wrote:
>Really a very simple reason for track ends they give you a greater
>range of gear ratios than road drop outs I would have thought this was
>self evident to any cyclist?
That is an issue of the length of the slots, not whether they open at the front or the back.
Sheldon "1010" Brown
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