135mm rear hub into a frame with 132.5mm drop-out spacing
05-16-13, 05:48 PM
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135mm rear hub into a frame with 132.5mm drop-out spacing
What is required to put a 135mm rear hub into a road frame with a 132.5mm rear drop out spacing??
I am under the impression a frame with 132.5 DO spacing can accept wheels with either 130mm hubs (add spacers on both sides???) and 135mm hubs. I am having trouble with the missing 2.5mm between the DO spacing and a 135mm hub.
My original question about 132.5mm DO spacing ("Can someone explain benefits of 132.5mm dropout spacing") was not specific. The comments I received were good, I just asked an imprecise question.
I am under the impression a frame with 132.5 DO spacing can accept wheels with either 130mm hubs (add spacers on both sides???) and 135mm hubs. I am having trouble with the missing 2.5mm between the DO spacing and a 135mm hub.
My original question about 132.5mm DO spacing ("Can someone explain benefits of 132.5mm dropout spacing") was not specific. The comments I received were good, I just asked an imprecise question.
05-16-13, 05:49 PM
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Piece of cake; the wheel will fit with no problem. You may have to push the dropouts out a bit by hand to make this work.
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That's the idea of 132.5. It fits 135 and 130 equally badly (or well).
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Simply install the wheel. You can easily spread the stays of any bike 2.5mm with finger pressure. I used to cram a 135mm width wheel in a heavily triangulated, 130mm width recumbent frame with very little struggle.
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05-17-13, 10:56 AM
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What is required to put a 135mm rear hub into a road frame with a 132.5mm rear drop out spacing??
I am under the impression a frame with 132.5 DO spacing can accept wheels with either 130mm hubs (add spacers on both sides???) and 135mm hubs. I am having trouble with the missing 2.5mm between the DO spacing and a 135mm hub.
My original question about 132.5mm DO spacing ("Can someone explain benefits of 132.5mm dropout spacing") was not specific. The comments I received were good, I just asked an imprecise question.
I am under the impression a frame with 132.5 DO spacing can accept wheels with either 130mm hubs (add spacers on both sides???) and 135mm hubs. I am having trouble with the missing 2.5mm between the DO spacing and a 135mm hub.
My original question about 132.5mm DO spacing ("Can someone explain benefits of 132.5mm dropout spacing") was not specific. The comments I received were good, I just asked an imprecise question.
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05-17-13, 12:27 PM
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just squeeze the 135mm hub in
close the qr
and ride
if you had 130 mm hubs
you just have to screw the qr down a couple more turns to take up the space
close the qr
and ride
i would bet there are a lot of mass manufactureed bikes designed to havce 130 or 135 mm spacing that has 2.5 mm variance from nominal
just due to manufacturing tolerances
just squeeze the 135mm hub in
close the qr
and ride
if you had 130 mm hubs
you just have to screw the qr down a couple more turns to take up the space
close the qr
and ride
i would bet there are a lot of mass manufactureed bikes designed to havce 130 or 135 mm spacing that has 2.5 mm variance from nominal
just due to manufacturing tolerances
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just do it.
as oldbobcat said, the whole point of frames designed with 132.5mm spacing is that they'll work easily with 135mm or 130mm-spaced rear hubs (the two most common standards).
realize that whether going up to 135 or down to 130mm, you're flexing each stay 1.25mm each. That's next to nothing - probably with an aluminum frame, and totally fine with steel.
as oldbobcat said, the whole point of frames designed with 132.5mm spacing is that they'll work easily with 135mm or 130mm-spaced rear hubs (the two most common standards).
realize that whether going up to 135 or down to 130mm, you're flexing each stay 1.25mm each. That's next to nothing - probably with an aluminum frame, and totally fine with steel.
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