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I probably won’t but often think that I might build up an old 26”er as a play bike.
Hit me with some frames from the 2000’s that might have at the time been considered hardcore hardtails with horizontal dropouts.
Horizontal or track ends?
Santa Cruz Chameleon?
there's a medium cotic simple on fleabay @ the moment
@Klunk I had always wanted the Simple, had the Soul at about the same time, what a bike.
Horizontal or track ends?
By the description track ends. When was the last hardcore mountianbike fitted with horizontal drop outs? '89?
Some of the dmrs had track ends i hink?
Yep DMR’s Trailstar and sidekick had them I know I got one 😁
Steel framed Genesis IO came with either:
• ss and rigid forks or
• Alfine 8 and suss forks
Though I ran as a ss HT 👌
456. If you bought the swap outs.
When was the last hardcore mountianbike fitted with horizontal drop outs? ’89?
I had a (prob) 1991 Bonty OR with forward-facing, horizontal(ish) dropouts. Hardcore for it's time!
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Along with those sodding 1in threadless P2s that I stupidly sold, thinking the Privateer I was given needs 1 1/8th forks! Arg and Sod.
3rd gen Pipedream Sirius has sliding drop outs if that serves your purposes...
Identiti Mr. Hyde ?
Spooky Metalhead
Maybe an Azonic DS-1
Why specifically track ends? Or do you just want a single speed compatible frame?
If the latter then Orange P7 2010 era (have one with adjustable dropouts), Santa Cruz Chameleon most eras (have a Mk5 with adjustable dropouts), DMR Trailstar Mk3 (if you can find one), 24 Le Toy (had a Mk3), .243 SL/FR/DH ("lightest" to heaviest, had an FR and it was a chonky bugger), On One Gimp (had a PX Bommer which was the same frame with vertical dropouts).
Wish I had never sold my IO. SS and rigid steel forks. Tracks ends.