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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!
Someone mentioned 18bikes a few weeks ago when they were looking.
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 !
Cheers guys. Terry, I like the look of those Salsa swinger things, though I wonder if they have a funky effect on the geometry..?
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 !
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.
£30? bargain. Have they been reliable?
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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 ?
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.
Here we go, this is my frame (now metallic orange)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shandcycles/sets/72157594149705753/show
close-ups of dropouts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shandcycles/sets/72157594150087043/show
does look good cynical
Thanks, those look good, especially for 30 quid.
I thanks you!
It does ride nice, I spec'd the seat tube too slack though, running the saddle forward works it out fine!
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thats my lynskey built ragley - they paragon ? they are certainly paragon compatible going by clink !
Aren't the paragons cut-out (and don't have a "ragley" logo? 😉 )
probably - just know that clink stuck in some paragon bits to his !