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11-10-16 | 05:47 AM

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jimmuller

What??? Only 2 wheels?

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Originally Posted by corwin1968

After posting, I looked up the catalog (1989 Univega Range Rover ES) and it lists the bike as being equipped with a 6-speed freewheel. I could have sworn I counted five but the election kept me up much of the night and I'm a little foggy.

So somebody squeezed a 5-sprocket FW into the space intended for a 6? Can you do that?

FWIW, my Motobecane has 124mm spacing so I tried two different 6-spd's. Neither fit because the seat stay bulged out too much to the inside. But the FW's were different enough that one almost fit while the other clearly didn't.

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