Originally Posted by
Senrab62
It is a prebuilt SA S3X wheelset in 700C with 170mm axle length. It appears like it will fit, it is plenty long in my opinion. I will try to get some pics up, but I am terrible at actually posting pics. There is a significant gap (2.5-almost 4mm) per side between the locknuts and the dropouts depending on side. This is my concern with squeezing/spacers/cold setting. I want this to be as solid as possible and not be a constant adjustment issue with chainline or wheel slipping issues.
A 3 spd IGH
fixed gear, very interesting.
I've kept an eye out for a suitable frameset to do that conversion myself.
A 170mm axle with proper spacers ( adding threaded locknuts on both sides as [MENTION=81459]tcs[/MENTION] noted) should get you where you need to be.
That being said I haven't done the conversion myself (yet) but a PM to [MENTION=144963]JohnDThompson [/MENTION]who has one in service will get you direct expert advice from a BF member who is also a frame builder.
Good duck,
-Bandera