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The benefit is that track drop outs look better and that it doesn't look like you ride on a converted old road bike:)
Also I think the amount of people who use track ends with mudguards is negligible for bike brands.
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The benefit is that track drop outs look better and that it doesn't look like you ride on a converted old road bike
I genuinely think this is the reason
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Fausto Coppi didn’t mind the conversion look:
http://bicicloide.blogspot.com/p/questa-bicicletta-e-stata-trovata-nel.html?m=1
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Your post 2997,
The rear ends on that Condor Tempo are exactly like the tradtional ends which I refer to in my post 2980 - the style which I date (roughly) from 1910 -1980. If something lasts a long time there must be something good about it!
You refer to the Tempo ends as being 'horizontal', but in fact they slope down towards the front. This is, as stated above, to allow for the wheel to be moved while still keeping the brake block alignment.
Back to my Question
In the interesting discussion above some good suggestions have been made for how to deal with the problems arising from using track ends for normal road riding, but so far as I can see no actual benefits have been suggested; that is, in comparison with traditional, angled, forward facing dropouts. Track ends are better for a single gear than vertical drop outs, but that's just stating the obvious.
Is this the conclusion: Track ends can be used for road, but they cause some small problems which can be overcome with a little ingenuity. There are no benefits?