Originally Posted by
Retro Grouch
1. Why even bother? It's only 1 mm on each side. The idea behind 132.5 dropouts is so the frame will fit either 130 mm or 135 mm hubs.
5. Most frame pumps today come with a bracket that allows it to be mounted alongside a water bottle cage.
The point of using a 1mm spacer would be to reduce metal fatigue over the long run. I mean if I road hub is 130mm and the dropout is 132.5mm, then it means the frame would be "squeezed" by 2.5mm. Putting a 1mm spacer on each side would reduce that to 0.5mm. I was wondering whether a hardware store washer would do the trick if I can't find a specific 1mm hub spacer.
The point about the mounting bracket is I was wondering if you could get one that mounts the pump right underneath the bottom tube instead of on the side. I thought my legs would be hitting the pump.
Originally Posted by
HillRider
4. All water bottle cage and most fender and rack bolts are M5x0.8 mm. The length will vary depending on your particular bike. Most hardware stores and home centers stock metric bolts these days and M5x0.8 is very common so you should be able to find them locally.
6. Velox rim tape comes with a pre-punched hole for a presta valve stem. Velox is cloth and adhesive backed and, IMHO, is by far the best brand and type available.
OK, so these bolts would be OK then?
http://www.niagaracycle.com/product_...ucts_id=432153
I wanted to get a wheel with Weinmann AS23X rims which have an inside width of 16.5mm, an outside width of 22.5mm and is 13.7mm in height if you will (single wall). I wanted to know if it was worth it to get this Velox 700 x 16mm rim strip instead of rim tape: http://www.niagaracycle.com/product_...ucts_id=432533