130mm hub on 120mm rear stays?

[David Waters]

I am trying to put a modern wheelset on an old frame, but
the rear hub is too wide. Is there any way of eaither
reducing the hub or widening the rear stays?

Cheers

Dave

[davek]

>Is there any way of eaither reducing the hub or widening the rear stays?

If it's a steel bike then yes, you can widen the stays. I'm sure Sheldon Brown (www.sheldonbrown.com) has an article on how to do it yourself but I can't find it right now.

d.

[Just Zis Guy]

David Waters wrote:

> I am trying to put a modern wheelset on an old frame, but
> the rear hub is too wide. Is there any way of eaither
> reducing the hub or widening the rear stays?

Is it a steel frame? If so, Sheldon (as ever) has the
answer:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html

--
Guy
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[davek]

>Is it a steel frame? If so, Sheldon (as ever) has the answer:

jinx

d.

[Mseries]

David Waters wrote:
> I am trying to put a modern wheelset on an old frame, but
> the rear hub is too wide. Is there any way of eaither
> reducing the hub or widening the rear stays?
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave

If the frame is steel you can cold set it or get someone
else to cold set
it. This is the technical term for widening the stays
without applying heat. A frame builder will do it
properly for you so that the tracking remains true,
he'll fix it if it is out of true at the moment. You can
do it yourself, Sheldon Brown tells you how to do it on
his site (www.sheldonbrown.com), you could used a
threaded rod to spread the stays or simply pull them
apart. The latter method is not recommended if you want
to a frame that remains true.

[Peter B]

"David Waters" <d.waters@student.umist.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:c6ojpk$25ds$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk...
> I am trying to put a modern wheelset on an old frame, but
> the rear hub is too wide. Is there any way of eaither
> reducing the hub or widening the rear stays?

If the stays are steel they can be "cold set", bent in other
words, by a frame builder or good LBS. I only know this
because I read of it on this NG, good innit?
--
Regards, Pete

[Johnb]

Peter B wrote:
>
> "David Waters" <d.waters@student.umist.ac.uk> wrote in
> message news:c6ojpk$25ds$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk...
> > I am trying to put a modern wheelset on an old frame,
> > but the rear hub is too wide. Is there any way of
> > eaither reducing the hub or widening the rear stays?
>
> If the stays are steel they can be "cold set", bent in
> other words, by a frame builder or good LBS. I only know
> this because I read of it on this NG, good innit?

You believe what you read here ;-)

...although in this case it was right....honest guv.

John B

[Dave Kahn]

JohnB <nospam@here.com> wrote in message news:<408FF9CF.BA52FDBC@here.com>...
> Peter B wrote:

> You believe what you read here ;-)
>
> ...although in this case it was right....honest guv.

Brain hurting time again.

The following statement is true.

The previous statement is false.

--
Dave...

[Peter B]

"Dave Kahn" <dkahn400@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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.. st guv.
>
> Brain hurting time again.
>
> The following statement is true.
>
> The previous statement is false.

Yebbut, what you sooner bee or a wasp?
--
Regards, Pete

[David E. Belche]

"Peter B" <peter28@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<c6ongd$qkf$1@sparta.btinternet.com>...
> "David Waters" <d.waters@student.umist.ac.uk> wrote in
> message news:c6ojpk$25ds$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk...
> > I am trying to put a modern wheelset on an old frame,
> > but the rear hub is too wide. Is there any way of
> > eaither reducing the hub or widening the rear stays?
>
> If the stays are steel they can be "cold set", bent in
> other words, by a frame builder or good LBS.

But if made of Reynolds 753, handle with care; cold setting
is not recommended with this particular tubing.

David E. Belcher