Originally Posted by
chagzuki
Incidently, I guess the short axle (148mm?) version will fit just right. I got a 175mm axle version to fit OK but had to gamble with shortening the axle, hoping I wouldn't get through to the hollow section. . . not recommended.
Thanks for pointing that out. The specs on the S-RF5(W) list the 119mm over locknut version as having the not recommended 175mm axle, whereas the 111mm over locknut version is the one with the 148mm axle. Interestingly, the S-RF5(N) version with the 9-spline driver only appears to come in the 111/148mm version. I am assuming that I could get the 111/148mm version and add some extra nuts/spaces to get the OLD up to 119 mm, which (correct me if I'm wrong) is what I gather the dimension of the Brompton is.