Stamped dropouts

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.

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.

Does he explain how this "strain" is put through the dropouts, and how when it gets there that it acts in such a way that you should be concerned?

Because there's a few bike builders that might be interested in his landmark findings.

(what I'm saying is it'll be fine)