You are reading a single comment by @Hulsroy and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
Hulsroy
I spoke to Winston about it when he did the changes on this. He said there is often a lot of tension in the rear ends of bikes. This makes replacing the dropouts and the necessary respacing and keeping everything aligned a very tedious and sometimes painful job.