There's nothing wrong with shoving a 135mm rear wheel into a 130mm frame.
If it were me, I'd respace my 135mm rear wheel to 130mm and re-dish the
wheel, but I'm a mechanic and I have the axles in my workshop. Likely
nothing bad will happen if you take the short cut, but it's always OK to do
t
Check with Rivendell to see if this a safe option. I would think it is. I
have a mix of both 130 and 135 OLD bikes in the mix with a few 140mm. My
1987 Schwinn Voyageur is 130mm that I have a 132.5 wheelset mounted on.
Pretty sure the frame was 126mm OLD prior to me getting it. Settled on that
John Dewey
10:13 AM (0 minutes ago)
to rbw-owners-bunch
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
On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 9:57 AM R. Alexis wrote:
If you have parts that work for 135 rear and you are not setting it up for
roadie riding (which I am just guessing because of the dynamo wheelset)
then it might make sense to try a different Riv frame. The main difference
with the Roadini is a slightly more road oriented geometry. And even that
I've lost count of the number of frames whose rear triangles I've spread.
The first was a drawn-out, hourlong affair but these days its 5 minutes, a
2x4 and Bob's-your-uncle. I wouldn't hesitate to do it in this situation.
Also innumerable are the frames that I've just jammed a larger hub into
I suppose I should have mentioned it would be a 57cm frame. Love the mix of
reviews+experience. Thanks all!
On Monday, December 18, 2023 at 11:44:08 AM UTC-8 wboe...@gmail.com wrote:
> I've lost count of the number of frames whose rear triangles I've spread.
> The first was a drawn-out, hourlo
