[CR] reducing rear spacing back to 126mm - worth doing?

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From: "Eric Acuna" <moschika@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:18:35 -0800
Subject: [CR] reducing rear spacing back to 126mm - worth doing?


i was going through the '77 paramount tandem and discovered that the rear spacing has been spread. the original spacing was 126mm and was fitted with a campy HF hub. i took off the rear wheel and discovered that it now stays open at around 133mm and that the hub that's crammed in there now is 135mm.

i want to replace the wheelset. should i look for a rear hub with 126mm spacing, like the campy/phil wood hubs? or look for a 130/135 hub?

is reducing the spacing back to 126 from 133 too big of a reduction?

eric acuna
santa rosa, ca, usa