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  • Sliding dropouts – Paragon or….?
  • pedalhead
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    Looking to put some sliding dropouts on a new singlespeed frame project. The only ones I’m aware of are Paragon Machine Works. I’m after something high quality & reliable. Any other options out there worth considering? Cheers!

    stills8tannorm
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    Someone mentioned 18bikes a few weeks ago when they were looking.

    trail_rat
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    my prefered choice atm IF you can convince them to sell to you is the blackcat swinger – similar to those used on some salsas …

    failing that ceeway do several – how ever look terrible ! – my money would be on paragons ! – just make sure you grease mating faces as they can creak something awful if built wrong !

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    pedalhead
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    Cheers guys. Terry, I like the look of those Salsa swinger things, though I wonder if they have a funky effect on the geometry..?

    trail_rat
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    seemingly paragon do the swingers too – it doesnt look like a huge arch tbh – should have as much of an effect as the inch of wheel base difference on the paragon sliders. i can feel the difference in stay length when i go to howk the front end up between the front and the back of the drops !

    cynic-al
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    Shand got me some from Germany for £30 IIRC, similar to paragon without the pointless thumb-screw thing. I’d have a look on the mtbr frame builder forum. Nicer visually than the swinger types to my eyes – they are change for the sake of change, and spoil the nice straight lines of a rear triangle.

    pedalhead
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    £30? bargain. Have they been reliable?

    trail_rat
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    i think that looks amaizing …. does in real life too i borrowed an elmariachi the other week.

    30 quid from germany – are those not ceeway ?

    cynic-al
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    No idea where he got them from, they’ve been fine over 5 years, 4 x M8 bolts, I swapped out the 6mm sockets as I rounded them, the 12mm hex’s work great. I’ll see if I can find a pic.

    cynic-al
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    Here we go, this is my frame (now metallic orange)

    close-ups of dropouts

    trail_rat
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    does look good cynical

    pedalhead
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    Thanks, those look good, especially for 30 quid.

    cynic-al
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    I thanks you!

    It does ride nice, I spec’d the seat tube too slack though, running the saddle forward works it out fine!

    trail_rat
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    thats my lynskey built ragley – they paragon ? they are certainly paragon compatible going by clink !

    cynic-al
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    Aren’t the paragons cut-out (and don’t have a “ragley” logo? 😉 )

    trail_rat
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    probably – just know that clink stuck in some paragon bits to his !

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