I have 2 rear wheels built for me by Bill Bryant in that low dish configuration, and after 20+ years of riding they are still true as can be!
The narrow chain - somewhat stiffer laterally than the Regina - plus the ultra 6 freewheel was a significant breakthru in precise shifting, and a step that I don't think is mentioned in "the dancing chain". By the way, I recently visited Jeff Groman's new shop and saw 2 copies of "the dancing chain" for sale, still in the shrink wrap, so if anybody's jonesing for a copy, Jeff has them!
Now another topic - maybe it's my ADD kicking in - but Dan, your best bet on the 5 speed campy axle is ebay seller "wwcycles" His online manner ain't great but he has the axles for I think $12 and you get 2 new cones and all the spacers & locknuts too!
===================================================== Mark Petry 206.618.9642 Beautiful Bainbridge Island, WA mpetry@bainbridgeisland.net
===================================================== Life is tough when you commute on a Magnum Opus =====================================================
>>
>>I would like to add that the development of the Sedis Sport made a
>vastly
>>underrated contribution to modern lightweight bicycles=2E
>>
>>The Regina Oro chain worked on the racers corncobs but the
narrower
>Sedis
>>chain enabled freewheel folks to think of more cogs=2E With the
lock
>nut
>>dimension increasing only 10 mm more, one could have double the
cogs
>on a
>>modern cog set=2E I am not saying that the reasonably priced
Sedis
>sport was
>>the "without which there is none=2E" However, thinking of
dominoes
>we might
>>notice how the narrower crisp shifting Sedis chain had a
>contributing role
>>in how the entire drive train has changed, as more cogs became the
>norm=2E
>>
>>1 Rear derailleur changed to enable the inner pulley plates to
>get closer
>>to the spokes=2E The rear derailleur stopped looking like
traditional
>Simplex
>>and Campagnolo and now like Shimano with Sutour's contribution of
>the slant
>>parallelogram=2E
>>2 Front derailleur cages are contoured to aid in shifting
instead
>of flat
>>plates
>>3 Indexing came and eventually integrated shifting and braking
>levers=2E
>>4 Front chain wheels have become thinner, shaped, and pinned to
>assist in
>>shifting=2E
>>
>>Some of those things may not be looked on as improvements but the
>difference
>>made for"In Time line" touring was significant and positive=2E I
>remember the
>>day I unboxed a Suntour 13 x 32 freewheel that had 6 cogs all in
the
>space
>>of a 5 speed freewheel=2E I built a boom proof low dish rear
wheel
>using a
>>126 OLD hub=2E It was mated to a TA cyclotourist triple 52 x42
x32, a
>Shimano
>>DeOre road rear derailleur and a modified Shimano DeOre road front
>>derailleur that gave me an ultra wide range ratio that was from 27
>to 108=2E
>>Not to mention I never missed a shift for 20 years in the combined
>years
>>that I and then my brother in law used it=2E
>>
>>Incredible=2E
>>
>>Howard Darr
>>Clymer PA
>>