[CR]Campy P-R 5-speed question

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From: "Aldo Ross" <swampmtn@siscom.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:09:29 -0400
Subject: [CR]Campy P-R 5-speed question

I'm having trouble with the 5-speed freewheel on the 1953 Learco Guerra. There's not enough room to keep the 5th sprocket from hitting the dropout, but if I start adding spacers to the axle won't it be too long to allow the hub to slide back and forth properly for the Paris-Roubaix mech to work?

Do I need to have the stays spread apart? If so, how far should they be spaced?

Is there some other trick normally used to get enough clearance? Or should it work properly as is?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Aldo Ross
"The Island of Misfit Bicycles"
Middletown, Ohio