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@arnold_gostron
Hey all,
I am about to embark on my first conversion, with a nice-ish steel road frame I picked up on the cheap on the eBay.
I was discussing the project with a friend who seemed worried that the dropouts, being stamped rather than forged in, would be potentially unsafe for a fixie with the amount of strain that would be put through them.
I'm planning on running a front brake and will be using the bike mainly as a commuter/pub/2nd bike.
Does anyone else think that a stamped dropout is a problem? I can't see that Sheldon has anything to say on the matter.
Thanks for any advice.
Arn.