what about chain tension?
and after all that pissing about, why not just get a deraillier?
Then you can have up to 9 gears on the back!
I know its a strange concept, but give it chance!!!
Horizontal dropouts let you use about a 5t difference in cogs, and it only takes a few seconds to stop, loosen the QR, switch, and remount.
Why? Because I can.
Because cycling isnt always about being just like everybody else, and sometimes its about being a bit silly.
Shifting takes brain space, and Im a bit dim.
Anyway, I rode the first twenty of the Tour de Holler last weekend with the 10spd DA CF set and dropped back into the peloton mainly as I found them infantile. I only skipped an optional 10 mile part of the Tour as its alpine bordering on insanity. Its barely manageable on a 42X25, so Im trying it on a 20t cog.
Burn baby, burn!