Originally Posted by hwttdz
The IRO wheelset does look pretty good but it is $50 more than the foul weather flip flop from nycbikes, so I was wondering if the 120 mm hub could be respaced? I'm starting to feel like a broken record. I see that some say they are respaceable, some say nothing. If you put in a longer axle does that make it respaceable? That's the essence of the question. Could I use an axle from a set of road wheels?
yeah you could respace the NYCbikes wheel to 130mm, but you'd probably need a longer axle.
The IRO hub is the same as the NYC/Formula etcetcetc.... hub *except* IRO specs their hub with a much longer axle (160mm, or is that 180mm) hmmm. I respaced the Formula hub to 126mm and I have barely enough thread engagement to be safe. The axle is definetly too short to space out to 130.
I don't think most velodromes will let you race with a QR front wheel.