Re: [CR]Spoke-to-cog spacing?

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From: "Howard Darr" <hdarr@localnet.com>
To: "bit_eimer" <bit_eimer@cox.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Spoke-to-cog spacing?
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:26:38 -0400
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Dear Derek

You may want to check dropout allignment.

Howard Darr
Clymer PA USA


----- Original Message -----
From: bit_eimer
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Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 5:58 PM
Subject: [CR]Spoke-to-cog spacing?



>
> Hi all,
>
> I've been refurbishing my last Ellis-Briggs and run into a little problem.
> Three different rear derailleurs (NR, Jubilee, off-topic newer Campy
> "Rally") that I've tried all want to run into spokes on the top cog. At
> first I attempted to deal with this by using a freewheel spacer, but now
> it
> really looks like that gap is too large. Now I'm suspecting that the drop
> out is bent in a tad, thereby angling the der cage in too far.
>
> So my question is: what is typical minimum cog-to-spoke spacing (70's era
> components)?
>
> Thanks,
> ...Derek Davis, Phoenix