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Can any fixed gear hub fit 130mm dropouts?

  • 26-10-2009 7:51pm
    #1
    chakattack
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    The rear dropouts on my frame are 130mm. I'm hunting for some wheels for a winter fixed gear trainer.

    Standard track hubs are 120mm. Can any hub be made to work using a longer axle and some spacers?


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  • #2
    Morgan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Morgan


    More or less. The most economical option is to get a hub with a sufficiently long axle, then you just need a couple of spacers.


  • #3
    LastGasp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 638 ✭✭✭LastGasp


    Morgan wrote: »
    More or less. The most economical option is to get a hub with a sufficiently long axle, then you just need a couple of spacers.
    Anyone got a source for 3mm Axle Spacers ? I've been looking out for them, but haven't located any yet.


  • #4
    psycholist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭psycholist


    you can just bend the frame in to fit the hub if your bikes not too prescious to you (or carbon fibre,'cos then it'll just break)


  • #5
    penexpers
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    psycholist wrote: »
    you can just bend the frame in to fit the hub if your bikes not too prescious to you (or carbon fibre,'cos then it'll just break)

    Does that work for moving the dropouts closer togther? I've only heard of that working for pushing the dropouts further apart.


  • #6
    LastGasp
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    penexpers wrote: »
    Does that work for moving the dropouts closer togther? I've only heard of that working for pushing the dropouts further apart.
    Someone linked to it before on Sheldon Brown for tightening too (flickerx I think) but I would prefer to get spacers. I did see them on one website, but not in stock.


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  • #7
    psycholist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 70 ✭✭psycholist


    if its metal you can bender anyway you like !
    drop down the dy shop/builders providers just buy a load of washers and bang em on iehter end of the hub, handier i found just to bend the frame , less ****ing about with washers if youve to change a puncture


  • #8
    flickerx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,234 ✭✭✭flickerx


    LastGasp wrote: »
    Someone linked to it before on Sheldon Brown for tightening too (flickerx I think) but I would prefer to get spacers. I did see them on one website, but not in stock.

    Yeah I think that was me. You can "cold set" the frame if its steel by bending it in or out. Only problem with it is that obviously you want to make sure that each side is bent the same distance/angle etc as the other one. There's a tool (cant remember the name of it) for making sure that the distance from each dropout is exactly half the distance to where the centre of the hub should be, if that makes sense. But yeah use spacers if you have them. They dont have to be from a cycling shop, your local hardware shop should have something that will slip nicely over the axle.


  • #9
    LastGasp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 638 ✭✭✭LastGasp


    Found some here, along with some other useful stuff. Looks like a good (small) website, I've ordered a few bits and will post how I get on. http://www.loosescrews.com/index.cgi?h=main&m=top_ten&id=15908833606


  • #10
    TinyExplosions
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    Here has the spacers you need -it's where I got mine from


  • #11
    Morgan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭Morgan


    psycholist wrote: »
    if its metal you can bender anyway you like !
    drop down the dy shop/builders providers just buy a load of washers and bang em on iehter end of the hub, handier i found just to bend the frame , less ****ing about with washers if youve to change a puncture

    This is ironic in light of your other thread.

    You can only cold-set a steel frame. Trying it with aluminium can have hilarious consequences. Also, the spacers go inside the inner-locknut to there's no ****ing about when inserting the wheel.


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