RE: [CR]Campy Axle interchangeability

(Example: Framebuilders:Pino Morroni)

From: "Mark Bulgier" <mark@bulgier.net>
To: 'KCTOMMY' <KCTOMMY@email.msn.com>, 'CR' <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]Campy Axle interchangeability
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:33:50 -0700


Tom Adams wrote:
> The rear is five speed (120mm lock nut distance), but the Raleigh Pro it's
> destined for is six (126mm).

There's really no need to cannibalize a 6-speed hub, just get a 6mm spacer and add it to the right side of your 5-speed, and re-center the axle so there's 3mm less axle sticking out both sides. Many people have done this over the years and no one has ever reported a problem from it that I've heard of. I have several wheels like this myself.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle, Wa USA