TT/Tri bikes with horizontal dropouts

I’m thinking of the TT single speed project and I’m trying to think of some bikes that have horizontal dropouts. The problem with most track bikes is that they don’t have brake mounts or water bottle mounts and I need both. Of course we have the cervelo’s but what else? Both older and new models.

Dave in VA

Litespeed Saber. My '06 has horizontal dropouts, and I assume the '07 does as well.

Mike

Planet X stealth carbon I think, can’t believe none of the Planet X mafia has jumped in yet :slight_smile:

The various clones seem to be missing the horizontal dropouts.

There is now a single speed version of the Stealth Pro Carbon. Pretty cool. here’s a link to ordering info, no pics out yet:
http://www.planet-x-bikes.com/tt/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=223

Ric

That’s real nice but I’m thinking of either something used or under $800 for frame/frok.

Dave in VA

My Guru AeroTi has a horizontal dropout–so other Gurus may as well.

If you’re going single speed, not fixed, you can buy a Surly device (singleator?) to take up the slack and use a bike with vertical dropouts. You could also use an eccentric rear hub. There is a White Industries eccentric hub and possibly others.

If you’re not running a fixed gear, you can skip the horizontal dropouts all together and just use a regular cassette hub with a single cog and a whack of spacers on either side of it, and keep the rear derailleur to take up the chain slack. If you plan on fixed, remember most fixed hubs have a 120mm spacing, while most non-fixed dedicated frames have 130mm spacing. So you’ll need to get some washers and fill in the space between the hub and dropouts.

2006 Felt DA and B2 have horizontal dropouts.

Thanks but I want as few parts as possible, just a flip-flop hub for fixed or freewheel, nothing else.

Dave in VA

K factor has them
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some (all that I have seen) of the Fuji track frames have the rear brake mount present, the boss just ned to be drilled out.