Weird rear width
05-04-10, 12:52 PM
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Weird rear width
Not even sure what to call it but the width of the rear axle/hub/wheel/dropouts is 128.9mm. I'm looking to find some new wheels but have no idea what types of wheels I'll need for this project
What hub width(??) should I be looking for?
What hub width(??) should I be looking for?
05-04-10, 12:59 PM
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Is the frame steel or aluminum?
05-04-10, 01:35 PM
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If it's late 80's that's not all that unusual. During that period there were so many combinations of 126 and 130 within model lines that a least a couple of manufacturers used an OLD of 128.5 =/- so that either size would fit in any frame in the model line. Easy to spread to insert a freehub, easy to squeeze to use a freewheel.
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Fixed. Alu can handle a few mm in or out.
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05-04-10, 09:53 PM
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Thanks for the answers. It is a steel bike and I measured the inside width of the dropouts. I have been reading some more and saw that there are spacers that could be bought. Any comments on this?
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Sounds like someone had done a 130mm cold set on the rear triangle at one time and did not quite hit the 130mm spacing exactly. I suspect the PO just lived with the little bit of spread he/she had to do everytime the wheel was re-installed after servicing.
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05-05-10, 05:33 AM
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Measure the width of your axle lock nuts, or how wide is the part that fits into the drops. It should be any one of the following: 120mm, 125mm, 130mm and, apparently though I did not know this, 128.5mm.
If your wheel hub, face to face measurement is any of the above, then that is what your frame should be - probably. Regardless, you need to check the alignment of your frame set and adjust accordingly. It is not all that difficult to do.
Also, for those who do have aluminum frame sets, I do not recommend that you use this procedure to implement repairs. Aluminum, once over stressed, and develop cracks. Cracks that can fail dramatically. Exercise caution here! Just my opinion, but for me, a damaged aluminum frame or fork set goes into the scrap metal pile.
Hope this is a help.
If your wheel hub, face to face measurement is any of the above, then that is what your frame should be - probably. Regardless, you need to check the alignment of your frame set and adjust accordingly. It is not all that difficult to do.
Also, for those who do have aluminum frame sets, I do not recommend that you use this procedure to implement repairs. Aluminum, once over stressed, and develop cracks. Cracks that can fail dramatically. Exercise caution here! Just my opinion, but for me, a damaged aluminum frame or fork set goes into the scrap metal pile.
Hope this is a help.
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