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Old 10-23-10 | 11:26 PM
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Bikes: All 70s and 80s, only steel.

Originally Posted by Grand Bois

I'd much rather add a spacer at the BB than respace and redish the rear wheel.

Add a BB spacer:
Remove driveside pedal;
remove driveside crank;
remove bb lockring
add spacer;
reattach crank;
rethread pedal

Add axle spacers
Remove rear wheel;
Remove freewheel;
Add spacers
Rethread freewheel;
Reattach rear wheel;
2mm--perhaps re-dish (maybe one full turn of the wheel, loosening and tightening spokes).


Not sure which is easier, really. To me, having to remove and re-attach cranks and re-adjust bb seems like a lot more work. But maybe it's not. YMMV.

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