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Offline fritz

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standard tao ox
« on: March 02, 2010, 10:32:24 AM »
hey guys.

im about to buy a standard tao ox, and im just confused about dropouts.
when they came out in 04/05...
were they available in 10mm or 14mm dropouts?

thanks.
fritz.

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Re: standard tao ox
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2010, 08:50:59 PM »
I had a Shaman from about that time and I think they were 3/8. I think the Tao was also 3/8. I looked on BMX museum too but all I could find was specs on an 03, it was 3/8. It may have been an option to have 14mm too, but I can't remember. So basiclly I have not helped at all.
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Re: standard tao ox
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2010, 09:43:02 PM »
hey guys.

im about to buy a standard tao ox, and im just confused about dropouts.
when they came out in 04/05...
were they available in 10mm or 14mm dropouts?

thanks.
fritz.
Every Tao I have had and seen have been 3/8ths.

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Re: standard tao ox
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2010, 09:56:56 PM »
widening them to 14mm has never been a problem either.
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Re: standard tao ox
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2010, 11:46:01 AM »
thanks for the help guys.
i needed to hear that it wasnt bad to widen them dropouts to 14mm.

heres what im getting.

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Re: standard tao ox
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2010, 11:12:52 AM »
nice ride! :mellow:
yea, Standard dropouts were good and meaty...plenty of area to make em 14mm without sacrificing strength

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Re: standard tao ox
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2010, 05:59:13 PM »
Very nice. My Shaman was one of my all time favorate frames. And yes, very meaty, nothing like todays frames. Those were the days that you could be a bike thrower and get away with it.
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Re: standard tao ox
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2010, 08:18:01 AM »
Congrats on the nice frame. I rode that exact same model until early 09.....I was on the preorder list when standard was getting ready to release that frame. I waited fo months for my local shop to get it.

They were all 3/8 drops to my knowledge but cutting them open is no biggie....super solid dropouts.
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