Re: [CR]One and one half inches-a crucial dimension.

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Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:29:17 -0400
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]One and one half inches-a crucial dimension.
In-Reply-To: <20060805215422.DHLW644.aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@smtp.ntlworld.com>


Sutherland's 3rd edition gives the track chainline as 40mm for 110m rear spacing and 42.5mm for 120mm. That's off by approx. 1/8"

At 10:54 PM 8/5/06 +0100, greenjersey@ntlworld.com wrote:
>Just read this and in the unlikely event that it is news to anyone else I thought I would share it.
>Apparently on a typical early post war English sports bike with fixed gear the measurement from the hub and bracket centre-line to the chainwheel, and of course the cog, should be exactly 1 1/2 inches. That seems remarkably short. Were bottom bracket shells narrower in those days?
>Ray Green, Brighton, England

John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net>
Woodstock, ON Canada