In a message dated 2/23/04 4:49:04 PM Pacific Standard Time,
mail@woodworkingboy.com writes:
> Can anyone advise when frames with 130mm rear spacing started appearing on
> the market? I have a pair of first generation unused Mavic hubs spaced to
> 130mm, and laced to the blue SSC rims. Pretty, but isn't that hub spacing
> odd for the time in which they were produced?
>
As far as I know, 130mm spacing first appeared with 8 speed rear gearing. At
the time, most people in the shops I knew, thought this produced extreme dish
and probably a weak and unreliable rear wheel with the light rims we were then
using. Little did we know there were all those HEAVY rims being introduced
that would allow you to make a decent (if heavy) wheel! Mid 80s?
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA