on 5/4/11 4:18 AM, islaysteve at alkire...@verizon.net wrote: > When I recently built up my Bleriot (135mm) I used Velo Orange wheels > (130mm). I asked the mechanic at VO about the spacing and he said > that for a 5mm difference, I could just install the wheel and clamp it > down with the skewers. I was able to do this with no problem at all. > It shifts fine, so I don't think the chainline is out of whack. Of > course, YMMV. Steve
The only thing to be aware of is that the face of the hub will force an alignment of the dropouts. The issue is mainly the change of stresses on the connection of the rear dropouts to the stays at the brazing. There's plenty of elasticity in the steel so that the stays will clamp down and/or spread back out (and if you've ever seen a steel frame being respaced, it's pretty amazing how far you have to bend it to change things.) If you _had_ to do it for a single trip or instance, I wouldn't worry about it particularly (with a steel frame of course). But, if you were going to on a regularly basis, it's probably not a bad idea to put a couple spacers in there. It's bone simple stuff. I wouldn't even worry about changing the axle. As far as the chainline - it's a 2 mm shift at most. I didn't worry about that at all. Just checked the limit screws and enjoyed the benefits of analog shifting. - J -- Jim Edgar cyclofi...@earthlink.net Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes "You must be the change you want to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
