Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:39:45 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay: What's a Gios Compact Drop out for?
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Raymond Dobbins wrote:
> I think the main selling point for this adjustable dropout design was
> not replaceability so much as the ability to shorten the wheelbase for
> crit races, or lengthen it for road races. Something like that.
But there's only a few millimeters of adjustment available! Just enough
to straighten the wheel in a sloppily constructed frame -- not much more
than that.