Originally Posted by goatboy
Hi am new to the forum but have been lurking for a few months now. Can anyone advise me on my first fixed build?
Just received a set of Ambrosio wheels for a fixed build however I am having a few problems. The front hub spacing (10mm) is too big for my forks (9.5ml spacing) the wheel will fit with a bit of a struggle but I am worried I am stretching the fork a bit much. Spacing on the rear of the frame is ok however I am having problems fitting the rear axel into the rear horizontal dropouts (dropouts are 11 mm wide). Do I have a funny sized frame? It is a fillet brazed Dawes circa early 1960’s. This is my first fixed and road frame build and any solutions or advice will be appreciated.
Cheers
Yes, you have a funny size frame. Your hub, 10mm is like as wide as my pinky finger and your fork is in fluid measurments 9.5ml. Same deal with your rear measurments. Do you mean these measurements in cm?