John I share your opinion, I see no reason why someone couldn't build a
retract system that is reliable and no heavier than the stock fixed gear.
Over here we are very limited to materials that we can use for things like
this so most of us take a trip to our local leaf spring manufacturer and
purchase enough stock to bend up two legs. At 14mm thick and around 80mm
wide they tend to weigh a fair amount! You could trade a lot of 1.5"x0.125
wall 4130 tube for the same weight!
Dene Collett
KR2S-RT builder
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
mailto: dene.coll...@telkomsa.net
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