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Alex
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My old no-name wooden rim bike from probably 1890-1900 (thanks for the help in figuring this out, folks !) has a rear spacing of 120mm. The New Departure D hub that came with the bike (not original) has a rear spacing of 112mm, and an old fixie hub of about the right vintage that another CABE-er pointed me to (thanks again !) has a spacing of 130mm. I plan to use the cog off the old fixie hub and make a new hub shell to look like the original, meanwhile fitting it for modern sealed bearings and getting the right number of spoke holes (hub has 28, rim has 36).
Was there a standard hub spacing back then ? I can make the hub any width I want, and default would be 120mm to match the frame, but if the frame has been cold-set somewhere along the way, I'd like to put it back to original.
Thanks again.
Alex
Was there a standard hub spacing back then ? I can make the hub any width I want, and default would be 120mm to match the frame, but if the frame has been cold-set somewhere along the way, I'd like to put it back to original.
Thanks again.
Alex