need bike frame with correct spacing!!

skinnyclimber
skinnyclimber Posts: 7
edited February 2008 in Road general
can anyone help? i've got myself a rear wheel with fixed hub (size 135mm). i need a frame/bike with 135mm rear dropout spacing, can anyone recommend best place to pick up said frame/bike. any help is greatly appreciated.

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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    One of the few frames built for 700c wheels and 135 rear end was the original Pompino - NOT the newer ones which at 120 are on the small side for "stretching" that far IMHO. No doubt there are others, but none come to mind. OTOH stretching a 130 out by 5mm (even just manually each time you fit the wheel) is usually easy enough.

    Otherwise, build it into a 26" rim and find a s/s mtb frameset - or an OLD atb with horizontal d'outs.
    d.j.
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  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    meagain wrote:
    OTOH stretching a 130 out by 5mm (even just manually each time you fit the wheel) is usually easy enough.

    Agreed - "springing out" the back end on a road frame, in the case of steel at least, shouldn't be too difficult. A few years ago I ran a 130mm OLN 8-speed rear wheel on my training bike (Raleigh Record Sprint) which was designed for a 126mm hub spindle.

    David
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  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    yes - cold set a 130. raleighs are quite often 130.
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  • meagain
    meagain Posts: 2,331
    I THINK my point was more "don't need to cold set" just for +5mm. Though permanent would be better!
    d.j.
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  • skinnyclimber
    skinnyclimber Posts: 7
    thanks. yep i thought about stretching the frame that little bit. but perhaps have been concerned about pulling the frame right out of alignment. thanks though, i'll give it a go.
  • peanut
    peanut Posts: 1,373
    skinnyclimber wrote:
    thanks. yep i thought about stretching the frame that little bit. but perhaps have been concerned about pulling the frame right out of alignment. thanks though, i'll give it a go.

    what megain is suggesting is thats its not necessary to cold set the frame :roll:

    Its only 5mm How many times a year do you take your rear wheel out and putit back in again ???
    Just gently stretch it every time you need to remove/replace the rear wheel. Don't risk permanant damage by attempting to cold set the dropouts. Its a technique that many haven't the expertise to carry out without causing a tube fracture .
  • peejay78
    peejay78 Posts: 3,378
    yes - no need to cold set.

    but if you did, you can check alignment using string.
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