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I have not been convinced about any benefits from either forward or rear opening ends, well at least not for my year round fixed. If I do a half decent job with the track nuts I'm simply not a big enough rider to bother moving the axle. And the clearance for the mudguards is tight (as is the fashion) so I would have to deflate the tyre to remove the wheel regardless of whether it was forward or rear removal. And the only time I really want to remove the rear wheel is when there is puncture so the tyre is pre-deflated for removal hahaha. I think there's only been one ride where I wish I'd swapped the wheel around, but I'd only have to knock out 40 psi or so to do it. Most of the fixed frames I've seen either way have similarly lengthen ends, bar the odd pure track frame which can have some really long ends but are useless for the road (or Extremely Rad I guess)
Sounds like to me it's one benefit is for the secondary rear brake, but I don't run a rear brake....