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He's 23 years old!

A fixed mtb, your legs must be fuckin massive! Or you ride firetrails.

Hate to go all "amey" on everyone, and build a bike around one component but I have a 29" wheelset that I built for a project, that I didn't complete. So I have a fairly nice 29" single speed wheelset that I want to use on a single speed mountain bike. The main problem I have with horizontal drop outs is the awkward "getting the wheel out/taking the brake off" when you puncture.
My current fav is this

It has an eccentric BB, and looks alright - does anyone have any better suggestions to consider?

The main problem I have with horizontal drop outs is the awkward "getting the wheel out/taking the brake off" when you puncture.

Caliper inside the rear triangle seems to be increasingly popular and overcomes this. My Day One has this and I don't touch the brake when I remove the wheel but I did have to change the brake caliper in order to get heel clearance (my heel was hitting the cable arm on the original Promax mechanical caliper, I fitted a Spyre but hydro would have been another solution).

Soma does a frame with sliding dropouts.

The main problem I have with horizontal drop outs is the awkward "getting the wheel out/taking the brake off" when you puncture.

Just...don't puncture? Tubeless the shit out of it and cross fingers. Works for me.

Jinxed self hugely I know

EBBs are sweet if you don't mind the smidgen of extra weight and TLC they required.

u after more of a classic xc geometry and rigid fork? steel only?

the new santa cruz chameleon looks really interesting

I have one and it is fucking fantastic. Cannot recommend highly enough/

@M_V my pompetamine had that and when I needed to derail the chain to remove the wheel it was a pain, because you had to remove the brake to be able to slide the wheel forward...

@MisterMikkel - I'll have a look

@Howard - that was Plan B - I have two tandems so I know my way round an eccentric BB

@negaatio will probably put a bouncy fork on wheel I can afford one...

I ran a Simple with horizontals and found no issues with caliper alignment when I replaced the wheel after a puncture. If you run a tug you'll need to adjust that but that also was easy enough.
I've not run an EBB but I'd love a Swift if I didn't have my Superfly.

SSMTB is highly addictive (and painful). You will be amazed what you can get up if you keep on going until you fall over.

My issue is that I fall over at the bottom.

You will be amazed what you can get up if you keep on going until you fall over.

I'm just amazed by how low a gearing you need to keep it all manageable

Totally forgot about the Brother Cycles Big Bro.. That has slider dropouts as well.

I looked at that too, but all the mounts kinda put me off, I wanted this bike more for schralpin' the gnarrr rather than carrying the gnarrrrr with me

I'm just amazed by how low a gearing you need to keep it all manageable

Yeah it does get a bit spinney. Bit like being a contractor - the only time the effort is right is is when you're headed for too much or too little

Feast / Famine is not awesome

Great looking bike.