Thread: 7 x 3 = 18?
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Old 01-18-16 | 02:49 PM
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Bikes: (2) ti TiCycles, 2007 w/ triple and 2011 fixed, 1979 Peter Mooney, ~1983 Trek 420 now fixed and ~1973 Raleigh Carlton Competition gravel grinder

7-speed FWs fit in 126 mm spaced dropouts. 126 mm was adopted in the early '70s to accommodate 6-speed FWs using the same spacing as 5-speed FWs. Late '70s SunTour, then others started making narrow FWs such that 6 cogs now fit in bikes spaced for 5 and 7 cogs in the space for 6. So using the old terminology, that Univega is a 6-speed spaced frame with a 7-speed FW.

The bike looks like it was from the early '80s when 7-speeds were pretty new and 126 spacing was universally called "6-speed".

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