New Paragon Sliders

[jeepr84]

I have been running Paragon sliders on my SS for almost three years with no issues...I love em'. Anyway, here is the latest incarnation from Sean Walling over at Soulcraft. www.soulcraftbikes.com



Speaking of long neglected projects, our new singlespeed dropout is finally done. After a few years testing a couple different designs, bikes started rolling out the door with these in August. For now, we’re calling them "Rocker" dropouts, at least until one of you comes up with a better name. Made by our friends at Paragon Machine Works just for us, they are 17/4 stainless with a 6061 aluminum "rocker". The rocker has stainless inserts to prevent the threads from stripping and they also incorporate an adjusting/limit screw on the front. All the hardware is stainless so forget about any rust, they’re available with a hanger or not, and they’re compatible with Rohloff hubs (with a Monkey Bone adapter). Compared to the "slider" type dropouts we previously used, these stiffen up the rear end of the bike and thanks to the "Norstad Nub" (thanks Mark at Paragon for the idea), they maintain perfect alignment throughout their range of adjustment with no slop between the frame and rocker. Every time we put one of these together and prep it for shipping, the thought is, "Man, these things are bad ass!" Big thanks to Greg Thrash at The Hive for all his work on the design. Greg, your frame is in "Pre-production", whatever that means...

[chupacabra]

Looks a lot like the blackcat system. Blackcat's is more refined looking though.

[Pain Freak]

Would this work on a Surly?

[dstepper]

I like the cleaner look of the old Paragons. My attraction to SS bikes is that clean look of just a dropout. Not the best design but I ought a EBB for that reasn.

Dean

[singleSSpeedster]

i wonder if sean at soulcraft will still use these dropouts below or if he moved to those swingers pictured above...

[jeepr84]

I like the cleaner look of the old Paragons. My attraction to SS bikes is that clean look of just a dropout. Not the best design but I ought a EBB for that reasn.Dean

Dunno.....like I said in the previous post my old Paragon sliders have always worked great, never slipped and would make it easy to run a (gasp) derailleur hanger.....I think they are a great design. I just thought this design was compelling and as a casual acquaintance of Sean's I can tell you that he is strictly a function over form kind of builder....so these have to have an advantage over the old style.