• Afternoon all, rear wheel question here
    Have a set of early ‘60’s Record hubs, the rear of which has two locknuts on the NDS
    The outer, larger, is c.8mm wide, but is there a narrower alternative?
    Am trying to gain (loose) about 4mm from the overall OLD to fit this 120mm wheel into a 116mm gap (1953 bike)
    With the larger nut removed it fits perfectly but am wondering if left like so it’ll kill me?
    The axle is hollow so am using the original QR as well (hopefully)

  • It's only 2mm each side, just prise the frame open a bit

  • wondering if left like so it’ll kill me?

    You're still left with a lock nut up against the cone? It will be fine on that side of the dropout, but beware of the QR bottoming out on the axle which might now be poking outside the dropout face. You can dial in the exact OLN with spacers/washers/shims between the cone and locknut.

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