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@jonlubi
I've finally finished my first build (photos to follow), for which I must say thanks to pretty much everyone on the forum for all the wisdom on these pages. And for parts of course ;-) Polybikeuser for the wheelset and Flatlander for the chainring...altho I'm using a different chainring, cos I swapped that one for a cog from Lebowski.
Got a few snags to tidy up tho....the main one is the spacing of my rear hub. Its a lovely smooth Miche Primato high flange but its OLN is 120mm, and the drop outs on my Peugeot are 130.
At the moment I'm 'spacing' it by tightening up the nuts that extra 5mm either side, but its a bit fiddly, and I know that the first time I get a puncture it'll be 3 am, I'll be drunk, and it'll probably be snowing. So I'd like to get it spaced, and a wider axle put in to make my life a little easier.
I've called around most of the shops I can think of, and the responses have either been that they can't do it, or I should call Condor. Condor said they can't do it either. Something to do with the sealed bearings and it being really difficult to get hold of Miche parts for hubs.
Does anyone know if there is a way around this?
Thanks again.
Jon
Aside from the arse killing saddle, and the slightly short seat post (stem-style so I'm guessing difficult to find longer ones), she rides beautifully. I've been taking lots of detours and offering to pick things up for people this week! Here she is.
