Originally Posted by
eschlwc
^ yikes. that looks a little too close for comfort for me. i like at least 3mm of axle in the dropout (even though sheldon may say otherwise) and ample clearance between seat stay and chain.
but, if it works, it works.
Actually, since I used the original axle and only widened the over-locknut width from 121 to 124mm, the axle stub protrusion on each end went from 4.5 to 3mm.
Not a problem at all, especially since the fine-threaded axle puts nearly a whole four threads on that 3mm length.
I like to put the smallest cog as close to the frame as permissible in all cases, for the benefit of chainline, axle and wheel strength, and to prevent a chain ever getting jammed between the frame and the small cog. With narrower chain, the clearance can go down to only 3mm(!), just like on modern bikes.
Oh, and here's the bike that I found and ended up using this wheel on, shown here still wearing a five-speed freewheel and Shimano derailer with cable-attaching trick to achieve indexing:
