Hi all,
a year ago I thought it would be cool to have a road bike that's foldable. I found one (doppelganger 806 squalo,700c) but now that a spoke(rear wheel) broke I am not so happy about it anymore. I got it fixed, during which 2 more spokes broke, and three days later another one broke. So now I need a new wheel, shouldn't be a problem, right? Turns out it is. I should probably add I'm a student and probably gonna fly home in December, so my budget is limited.
Unfortunately, I learned that two things about the bike are strange.
a) the rear dropout spacing(i believe is what it's called) is 135mm. I was actually made aware of that in a shop and was also told that I cannot use a 130mm wheel. I asked if it wouldn't be possible to put in spacers for those 5mms but I was told it is not...same thing at a different shop. Checking the internet it seems that it is fairly common to do that and especially since this is a steel frame there shouldn't be any problems. Sheldon Brown seems to be the most trusted reference, see e.g.
http://sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html
I think I'd go for 2,5mm on each side instead of 5mm on one side so I don't have to "redish" the wheel. Question is of course where do I get the spacers(Tokyo)? Any ideas? I saw some people saying it works without the spacer as well, and one guy saying one could use aluminium foil...I'm not convinced.
Which brings me to problem
b) 7-speed. Recent wheel's spec are 8/9/10 IIRC. As are the nice used wheels I'm thinking of buying, campagnolo scirocco(saw a freehub body for <5k to be able to put on a shimano cassette). I'm gonna reference sheldon brown once more, he says I can use a 4.5mm spacer and put on my 7-speed cassette:
http://sheldonbrown.com/k7.html
Again, I have no idea where to get this spacer in Tokyo. I guess this one needs to have a larger diameter since it sits on the freehub?
So all in all I believe I'd have to buy the used wheels, two 2.5mm spacers(or washers?) for the hub, a 4.5mm spacer for the cassette and the campagnolo/shimano freehub body. Would make it about 20k. According to the last shop I went to my only alternative without all the trickery is a new 135mm wheel. The shopkeeper had exactly one in his catalog, 7k yen, and admitted that would probably break on me again. Btw, I'm about 80kgs.
Do you guys think that setup could work? Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Uli
a year ago I thought it would be cool to have a road bike that's foldable. I found one (doppelganger 806 squalo,700c) but now that a spoke(rear wheel) broke I am not so happy about it anymore. I got it fixed, during which 2 more spokes broke, and three days later another one broke. So now I need a new wheel, shouldn't be a problem, right? Turns out it is. I should probably add I'm a student and probably gonna fly home in December, so my budget is limited.
Unfortunately, I learned that two things about the bike are strange.
a) the rear dropout spacing(i believe is what it's called) is 135mm. I was actually made aware of that in a shop and was also told that I cannot use a 130mm wheel. I asked if it wouldn't be possible to put in spacers for those 5mms but I was told it is not...same thing at a different shop. Checking the internet it seems that it is fairly common to do that and especially since this is a steel frame there shouldn't be any problems. Sheldon Brown seems to be the most trusted reference, see e.g.
http://sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html
I think I'd go for 2,5mm on each side instead of 5mm on one side so I don't have to "redish" the wheel. Question is of course where do I get the spacers(Tokyo)? Any ideas? I saw some people saying it works without the spacer as well, and one guy saying one could use aluminium foil...I'm not convinced.
Which brings me to problem
b) 7-speed. Recent wheel's spec are 8/9/10 IIRC. As are the nice used wheels I'm thinking of buying, campagnolo scirocco(saw a freehub body for <5k to be able to put on a shimano cassette). I'm gonna reference sheldon brown once more, he says I can use a 4.5mm spacer and put on my 7-speed cassette:
http://sheldonbrown.com/k7.html
Again, I have no idea where to get this spacer in Tokyo. I guess this one needs to have a larger diameter since it sits on the freehub?
So all in all I believe I'd have to buy the used wheels, two 2.5mm spacers(or washers?) for the hub, a 4.5mm spacer for the cassette and the campagnolo/shimano freehub body. Would make it about 20k. According to the last shop I went to my only alternative without all the trickery is a new 135mm wheel. The shopkeeper had exactly one in his catalog, 7k yen, and admitted that would probably break on me again. Btw, I'm about 80kgs.
Do you guys think that setup could work? Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Uli