I agree with everything you say not that you need me to agree but also some shops, mine shop does, also have a metal lathe in the back that can make them up as needed. Steven Steven Willis 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com
> If the problem is that the small cog of the FW is too far from the
> dropout, or the freewheel is too far inboard overall to acheive good
> chainline, doesn't it make more sense to re-space the hub so there is less
> axle on the drive side? This way there are the added benefits of less
> dish and less bending stress on the axle. OTOH, if it is a matter of the
> big cog simply being too close to the spokes, a spacer makes sense. There
> are other little things you can do to keep the rear der from ending up in
> the spokes, but the spacer is the standard fix. The steel Sturmey type
> are nice but the overall diameter is too big for some FWs that aren't flat
> on the inside face of the inner body. The Campy spacers are nice, but
> hard to find. The Bicycle Research aluminum spacers used to easy to find
> (back in the days of screw-on FWs), and I didn't have problems with them
> getting crushed, though it seems that some folks have.
>
> Tom Dalton
> Bethlehem, PA
>
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