BTW, regarding spreading the rear. Just a word of caution, not sure I'd advise this unless you're adventurous and/or experienced...or crazy.
Or all of the above. And, as always, YMMV. Jock Jock On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 9:22 AM John Dewey <johnrd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Spread all frames but one, which I had built @ 135, from 130 to 135 quite > easily. My experiences suggest it requires patience and a bit of > bravado—the spread to get that extra 5mm was/is quite startling. But as I > had / have settled on 135 which is—theoretically at least—stronger thanks > to reduced dishing, I needed to make it all work. Along the way, I hoarded > XTR hubsets and even managed to find cones etc. > > BTW, if any of you have XTR spares—front or rear—you need to part with to > generate cash, let me know off-list. > > Jock > On Monday, December 18, 2023 at 6:23:44 AM UTC-8 leva...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Great question, and I’ve had a different result. I’ve got a Silver Hub >> (only available in 135 mm) laced to a Velocity Dyad, and it fit easily into >> my Sergio Green Roadini frame, without much fuss. 2.5 mm on each side is >> not much. No mechanical spreading, etc. in fact, the silver hub was >> really no more difficult to install in the Roadini than it was in my >> Rambouillet, which has a 132.5 mm rear spacing, and was marketed to work >> with both 130 mm and 135 mm hubs. >> >> Am I making a mistake here, and possibly damaging my Roadini frame? I >> like the extra strength of the 135mm hub. Thoughts…. >> >> Guy >> >> On Monday, December 18, 2023 at 5:52:53 AM UTC-7 Eric Daume wrote: >> >>> I had a Roadini and attempted to put my 135mm ENO hub in the back. It >>> was a no go—the frame was too stiff to bend out. Maybe being the eccentric >>> hub made this more difficult. >>> >>> By comparison, I had no issue putting a 135mm hub in my old 130mm BMC >>> Monstercross, or a 130mm hub in my 126mm old road bikes. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, December 17, 2023, Brenton Eastman <brenton...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I am considering buying a Roadini frame to build up with a mix of >>>> new/old/bin parts. >>>> >>>> I have a Velocity Dyad/Deore/SP dynamo wheelset I used on my Sam >>>> Hillborne and I'm wondering if that's a safe/doable option to put on a >>>> Roadini. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/40ccffac-5b2c-4818-ba40-dad7194a7085n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/40ccffac-5b2c-4818-ba40-dad7194a7085n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a96195a3-590c-4431-b36a-f439cc7dc57bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a96195a3-590c-4431-b36a-f439cc7dc57bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BkTrE5kQYy7Vy_p_GU2phMZB0-ZJV9ePKnxxb%3DO_DFb3rAveg%40mail.gmail.com.
