Re: [CR]Re: Rearward opening "drop-outs".

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:37:59 -0400
From: "gabriel l romeu" <romeug@comcast.net>
To: Bicycle Specialties <mike@bikespecialties.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Rearward opening "drop-outs".
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cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I would imagine a rather difficult wheel insertion unless the chainstays

were lengthend considerably on my Gilmour. the distance from my rear tire and seatpost can't be more than 3/8 inch with 700c 20. never thought of fenders, not enough holes....
>
> No I mean the current builders who follow fashion rather than stopping
> to think, much as the Brits did in the fifties and sixties with their
> road/path bikes.

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