what does oln stand for?

See in the context of rear wheels, oln given in mm presumably the distance between the dropouts.
Usually 130 or 135; occasionally 120. Road MTB and older road? Thanks.

 

OLN = Outdoor Life Network. OLD is the dimension you're thinking of.

Joe

 

On 26 Dec 2002 09:56:21 -0800, [email protected] (Michael Green) wrote:

>oln given in mm

Over locknuts - width between outer faces of the locknuts on the hub.

Guy
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Perhaps for those anamoured of the conventional OLN stands for most anything *they* want.

I ride a single bike with a160 mm OLN rear hub, know what OLN stands for and pay attention to its
proper use. I'm not going to spend nearly a thousand bucks with some one that misuses the language
or (NOT and) makes TOO close an association between hub dimensions and number of cogs.

"Harris" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Michael Green" wrote:
> > See in the context of rear wheels, oln given in mm presumably the distance between the dropouts.
> > Usually 130 or 135; occasionally 120. Road MTB and older road? Thanks.
>
> Well, the "OL" stands for "over locknut." That is the distance measured
over
> the locknuts of the wheel hub (same as the inner dimension between the frames dropouts).
>
> For road bikes, the old five speed wheels were 120 mm, six speed were 126 mm, 7,8,9,&10 speed are
> 130mm. Mountain bikes are 135mm.
>
> Art Harris