Re: [CR]Re: question for wheelbuilders

(Example: Production Builders:LeJeune)

From: <RDF1249@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 03:17:51 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: question for wheelbuilders
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, WBINGHAM@imf.org


Wayne Bingham wrote
> I was wondering the same thing. Bob, is this maybe a factor on a 120
> hub? For a 126 hub, I have simply loosened the entire assembly,
> repositioned the spacers appropriately on the two sides, and re-dished
> the wheel. I've successfully done this numerous times, and it's
> currently what's being used (done to a C-Rec hub) on my wife's Falcon
> fixed-gear. No lock-ring, of course, but the cog is mounted using
> Loctite and the bike has front and rear brakes. Works just fine.

That's really what I meant by "switching the axle around". Putting the spacers on the other side. Sorry for the confusion.

Bob Freeman
Seattle