Hi,
I have been told that Hillary Stone watches this list and I am looking for him about fitting a Sturmey-Archer hub onto a bike with 130mm dropouts.
If anyone else on this list has advice, I'll take it.
Here's the post that I sent to the iBOB list:
>From my measurements, the hub has an axle length (measured from where
the bolts that screw onto the hub itself) of 110 mm.
My frame however, has rear spacing of 130mm.
Although I can put 3 mm spacers on each side and still muscle the hub onto the bike, the effective length is only 116 then. I'm a big guy and I don't want to muscle the hub on by "cold setting" the frame 14mm.
The axle is not a standard bolt, so I don't think I could find one to make it longer. Can I?
I can't afford a nexus hub right now, and I don't want to cold set the frame, so I'd appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks. John
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John Speare
Spokane, WA USA
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