Chris Collins wrote:
> I've measured the solid steel axle and it seems to be 7.9mm.
>
> Modern front axles are 9.0mm IIRC.
>
> A modern front wheel, therefore, will not fit in the drop outs
> for this bike.
[...]
> to use a modern front wheel, do folks defile their classic
> front drop outs with a flat file to get 9.0mm.
You could also defile your modern axle by grinding flats onto it to allow it to fit the 8mm dropout. My Gitane tandem does this to allow an oversize 10mm front axle to fit into a 9mm fork slot.
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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA