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Everyday is a learning day ;)
I have had a customer convert an older bike to fixed and walk in to the shop with the wheel absolutely jammed and pretty much out of the dropout; whether it was done up tight enough we will never know.
Never sure to trust a frame builder; without stirring the pot, a few old wrench’s always stood by this and my experience on paper aligns; beautiful aesthetic but built horrendously mechanically, frames not straight, wheel dished off to make it fit the frame etc…
Getting away from the point, SS, you will be fine I’m sure
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I’ve never heard them called suicide dropouts and know framebuilders who have built purpose made fixed frames with forward facing dropouts as they are the better option of you want to run mudguards.