Thread: Customizing a Trek 520
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Old 05-03-18 | 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by 3speed
... Actually I think there where car wheels that went onto tapered axles with a single large nut in the middle(like on old Brittish roadsters). ...
Knock-off wheels were not tapered, but had to be splined for torque.
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