New hub needed for 1970/80s Raleigh frame
Whilst out riding today my back wheel locked up - roadside investigation revealed that the axle had broken, and I was walking home!
The frame is a 1970s or 80s Raleigh. The wheel had a screw on hub with a 5 speed block.
What is puzzling me about getting a replacement is this - the dropouts on the frame, with no wheel fitted, are spaced at 120mm (which is believable for the age of frame). However when I checked the spacings on the axle it was set to 130mm. I would have assumed this would be too wide for the frame, but managed to refit the axle at this setting.
Therefore have I been running a 130mm hub all along? If so, would it be OK to get a new wheel with a 130mm hub and casette? If so then that may be a lot easier to find than trying to locate a 120mm hub and having that built up for me.
The frame is a 1970s or 80s Raleigh. The wheel had a screw on hub with a 5 speed block.
What is puzzling me about getting a replacement is this - the dropouts on the frame, with no wheel fitted, are spaced at 120mm (which is believable for the age of frame). However when I checked the spacings on the axle it was set to 130mm. I would have assumed this would be too wide for the frame, but managed to refit the axle at this setting.
Therefore have I been running a 130mm hub all along? If so, would it be OK to get a new wheel with a 130mm hub and casette? If so then that may be a lot easier to find than trying to locate a 120mm hub and having that built up for me.
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As you have discovered, steel frames with long chain stays will usually stretch "manually", altho' 120 to 130 is getting towards the extreme end of flexiblity! Indeed, 120 is usually older than what you suggest - I'd expect a '70s 5 speed to be a 126 rear end.
Before you buy a modern cassette hub (7, 8 or 9) try a borrowed wheel - might foul the chainstays.d.j.
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Try to get a new axle - LBS should be able to help.0
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Thanks for your help on this.
Should have explained that I did not want a new axle as the wheel was already out of true and would have needed paid work to correct as it was beyond any trueing that I could manage myself.
I did get sorted out - threw the bike in the car and took it to Spa Cycles and they had a screw on wheel in stock. The daft thing was that it had been built with a 135mm hub, but fortunately it had a 10mm spacer which they were able to remove and re-dish the wheel.
Fitted it to the bike yesterday and adjusted the deraileur and brakes (not having an out of true wheel means I can now also have some decent back brakes). All seems OK now, hope to be able to give it a test ride this lunch time.0
