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03-09-13 | 05:59 PM

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cny-bikeman

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Originally Posted by Raleigh71

Rebuilding a rear wheel from a c. 1980 Schwinn.

I replaced the worn out cones with the closest ones dimension-wise that Wheels Manufacturing sells and adjusted the spacers to get 4 mm on each side.

Sound OK?

If your dropouts are thicker than 4mm you're set.

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