Whats your favourite dropout?

scant · Aug 14, 2006

After the IF 07 thread its obvious (& extremely geeky!) that dropouts are a love hate kinda thing. My personal fave would (unsurprisingly!) be fat chance, specifically titanium. Although I do also like breezer "hooded style" IE on titus hcr, steve potts, breezer, ibis etc.
so whats yer favourite?

jez-4-bikes-max · Aug 14, 2006

When you say "hooded" do you mean the Ritchey type ones?

I loved the Ritchey dropouts on the Kona Hot I had - I think these are just like the Ibis ones?

scant · Aug 14, 2006

nar, ritchey are different, breezer are more like this http://www.firstflightbikes.com/_borders/RetroDrop.JPG
moots, curtlo, some voodoos, also use em. pretty certain cunningham did as well? probs steve potts? certainly their popularity alone across so many different brands must mean something

newsboy · Aug 14, 2006

in ti it looks like that...

scant":i56x2ls1 said:
nar, ritchey are different, breezer are more like this http://www.firstflightbikes.com/_borders/RetroDrop.JPG
moots, curtlo, some voodoos, also use em. pretty certain cunningham did as well? probs steve potts? certainly their popularity alone across so many different brands must mean something

gump · Aug 14, 2006

I like the hoody tractor arch Breezer ones, but scarily, I agree with Scant again :shock: fat is best.

scant · Aug 14, 2006

gump":2u09y0ev said:
I like the hoody tractor arch Breezer ones, but scarily, I agree with Scant again :shock: fat is best.

nowt wrong with that, I have superb taste in bicycles

Carsten · Aug 14, 2006

hey mike,
how about the Klein micro drop outs? my favourites! not a problem at all to swap the wheel once you're used to it and so wonderful minimalistic.

cheers, carsten

jez-4-bikes-max · Aug 14, 2006

Those newer Klein dropouts always look like something has broken off (sorry!)

I must admit they were a massive improvement over the original Klein dropouts. I have to remove the QR everytime I need to remove a wheel from my 1992 one...nightmare...

:?

Elev12k · Aug 14, 2006

The machined dropout/doomed stay combination is my no.1

Looks great and practical. Much accessiblity & easy to clean.

- Melvin

stevek · Aug 14, 2006

Whats your favourite dropout?

Whats your favourite dropout?

fat chance

breezer, breeze in hooded.

klein horizontal

yeti loopstay

merlin titanium (old style)

merlin, IF, litespeed (new style re IF 07 thread)

other

scant

Retro Wizard

jez-4-bikes-max

scant

Retro Wizard

newsboy

gump

scant

Retro Wizard

Carsten

Senior Retro Guru

jez-4-bikes-max

Elev12k

stevek

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