On 10/24/18 3:59 PM, Andre Jute wrote:
On Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 1:13:48 PM UTC+1, Sir Ridesalot
wrote:

Rearward facing slots for holding the rear wheel in place are
called TRACK ENDS not dropout.

Is there a reason, besides the common use of hub gearboxes, so many
Dutch commuters these days have track ends rather than dropouts?

Stops the rear wheel falling off.