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13-12.-2004, 08:11 AM
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Fitting a front derailleur
Anyone know if its possible to fit a 31.8 diameter front mech to an
old Dawes Galaxy with smaller diameter steel tubing (think its 28.6) - does anywhere sell collars to fit around tubing ?? Cheers. |
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13-12.-2004, 08:34 AM
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Re: Fitting a front derailleur
Pete A wrote:
> Anyone know if its possible to fit a 31.8 diameter front mech to an > old Dawes Galaxy with smaller diameter steel tubing (think its 28.6) - > does anywhere sell collars to fit around tubing ?? Cheers. I think Shimano supply them with some front derailleurs (I know they do with Deore). |
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13-12.-2004, 11:28 AM
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Re: Fitting a front derailleur
Pete A wrote:
> Anyone know if its possible to fit a 31.8 diameter front mech to an > old Dawes Galaxy with smaller diameter steel tubing (think its 28.6) - > does anywhere sell collars to fit around tubing ?? Cheers. Front mechs are not expensive, why not get the correct one ? and flog yours on eBay ? |
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13-12.-2004, 06:18 PM
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Re: Fitting a front derailleur
You should be able to order the correct spacers from your LBS. I recently
did a similar thing, moving my front mech from an aluminium "large" frame to a steel "small" frameon my touring bike. SW "Pete A" <anderson47@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:be687e8c.0412121411.c6643bf@posting.google.com... > Anyone know if its possible to fit a 31.8 diameter front mech to an > old Dawes Galaxy with smaller diameter steel tubing (think its 28.6) - > does anywhere sell collars to fit around tubing ?? Cheers. |
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13-12.-2004, 10:12 PM
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Re: Fitting a front derailleur
> Pete A wrote:
> >> Anyone know if its possible to fit a 31.8 diameter front mech to an >> old Dawes Galaxy with smaller diameter steel tubing (think its 28.6) - >> does anywhere sell collars to fit around tubing ?? Cheers. You can make shims by cutting them from a beer/coke/soda can. Cheap and effective. Courtesy "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" All the best Dan Gregory |
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13-12.-2004, 10:51 PM
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Re: Fitting a front derailleur
>You can make shims by cutting them from a beer/coke/soda can. Cheap and
>effective. >Courtesy "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Ah yes, but make sure you use an aluminium can. Courtesy "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" -- Bob Downie Downie GeoScience Ltd. please remove #n0spam# to reply directly |
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