OK, I understand what you're saying. BTW, I'm index shifting (heresy!) and I seem to have it dialed in and shifting fine. I will consider spacers. Thanks for the info. Steve
On May 5, 3:28 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > 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.
