Spacing and hubs

Posted on Fri 28th, August 2009

• #1

UrbanPanda

My bike is a holdsworth and the rear spacing is 135. What hub can i use to turn it into a fixed gear?
• #2

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Any hub you like. Red ones are fastest though.
• #3

UrbanPanda

would 126mm goldtec work? any problems with the chainline?
• #4

A_EF

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html
• #5

A_EF

You may be able to get the hub spaced for you if you're buying it in a shop. Or you could do it yourself and might possibly need a longer axle if you're comfortable with cone spanners, lock nuts, spacers, measuring etc. Is it a steel frame? If so it will pull in a few mm easily.
• #6

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would 126mm goldtec work? any problems with the chainline?

Chainline is a bit of a nonsense term, you just need to marry the offest between the hub/hub centre and chainring/centre of BB shell, this creates your chainline. It's easiest to buy a hub and manipulate your bottom bracket length to get correct 'chainline'.

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