Semi or short horizontal drop out Q

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  • Long time since I posted here!

    I'd like to build an old Raleigh 501 frame into a singlespeed.
    The frame I have has semi horizontal drop outs, I have Googled this and it seems it can be done. But has anyone here done this? I find real world and Google world often to be at odds with each other.

    Can I bung in another question. I haven't ridden SS since the days of the original On-One inbred. This thing! I'm building is almost specifically to ride the Downs Link and spend my retirement pootling about on. So what's the go to ratio if there is one.

    Cheers

  • If the rear wheel can be moved back and forth in the dropout then yes, no problem with SS.
    As to gearing, depends on how fit you are and what sort of terrain you are going to ride on. I rode my SS for general pootling about on a 63” gear (44x17).

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