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Roadrider
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Hello,
I have a Trek-1000 road frame which is about 10-years old. The frame is aluminum (T-6061?) with
bonded (glued) internal lugs. It came with a 7-spd rear freewheel hub (126-mm?). I would like to use
a 9-spd rear (road) cassette hub which is 130-mm wide. I contacted Trek about this and they said
it's not a good idea, because spreading the rear triangle/dropouts (about 4-mm) will stress the rear
brake bridge joint(s) which are also bonded. I've found that I can easily spread the rear triangle a
few 'mm' by hand without permanently changing the spacing, so I'm wondering if there would really be
any problem with using the wider hub. Is Trek being straight with me about their reason for not
doing this or are they really concerned about the liability issue?
Thanks
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I have a Trek-1000 road frame which is about 10-years old. The frame is aluminum (T-6061?) with
bonded (glued) internal lugs. It came with a 7-spd rear freewheel hub (126-mm?). I would like to use
a 9-spd rear (road) cassette hub which is 130-mm wide. I contacted Trek about this and they said
it's not a good idea, because spreading the rear triangle/dropouts (about 4-mm) will stress the rear
brake bridge joint(s) which are also bonded. I've found that I can easily spread the rear triangle a
few 'mm' by hand without permanently changing the spacing, so I'm wondering if there would really be
any problem with using the wider hub. Is Trek being straight with me about their reason for not
doing this or are they really concerned about the liability issue?
Thanks
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