Old 09-17-10, 09:13 AM
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Thanks for the detailed reply. I guess I read what I wanted to read in DannoXYZ's reply and missed the significance of what was being said about the chanline.

With your additional considerations, and after reading Sheldon Brown's article on chainline, it sounds like this is not just a swap-out/swap-in modification. I almost feel that in order to make it work, I would have to get the new rear hub, install it, then determine if the proper chainline can be achieved.

I think my best options listed in order of least to most difficult are to: live with the bike as a single speed, sell it and buy a multi-speed tandem. or find a multi-speed donor bike (this model was also sold in a multi-speed version) and swap those parts. I was interested in the internal hub to gain multi-speeds without the use of a rear derailleur.

Thanks again for walking me through the challenges that this type of conversion entails.


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