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Old 08-05-08 | 11:40 AM
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Whats my fork spacing?

I'm looking for hubs for my early 70's (71' or 72' i think) Raleigh Super Course and I'm not certain of the rear spacing. Does 120mm rear and 96mm front sound right?
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That's likely the original spacing (or closer to 100mm front), so it'll depend on what's been done to the bike over the years. Best to just measure it with a ruler!

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I'd be surprised if it were anything but 100mm front, 120mm rear. That was the locknut spacing on seventies Campy strada hubs.
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Old 08-05-08 | 12:54 PM
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thanks folks.
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Uh, funny that everyone thinks that 100 is the spacing for the front. I don't know about a Super Course, but I have had Columbia's (cheap American brand) with 95 or 96 mm spacing in the front. Not sure that I've seen it on anything else.
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Uh, funny that everyone thinks that 100 is the spacing for the front. I don't know about a Super Course, but I have had Columbia's (cheap American brand) with 95 or 96 mm spacing in the front. Not sure that I've seen it on anything else.
Some French front hubs and cheaper Japanese front hubs had 96mm spacing, but the overwhelming majority of front hubs in the seventies had 100mm spacing.
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