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I have been the happy owner of a flat bar 'stock' pompetamine with alfine 8 for a year now. I am considering acquiring a 'spare' single-speed rear wheel, both to give me the option to run the bike single speed and to give me the option of being able to service the rear hub(due in a month/two)/gear cable(the cable has half snapped (replacement cable set ordered) which has enforced the realisation of how screwed I would be if I were to have bike downtime) and still have a bike to commute on.
Before I do this I wanted to check that I have my requirement list correct so that the wheel can indeed be a straight swap replacement.
If I get a 135mm singlespeed wheel, with disc mount, or have one built, should the chainline be automatically fine, or will I need to play with the eccentric bottom bracket (if so is this difficult).
The Alfine hub has a 15mm bolted skewer, with anti-rotation washers, will a quick release work ok?
The current disc rotor, for use with the bb7's is 160mm, will any 160mm rotor be ok with this set up?
Do these wheels (rear in particular) match my requirements?
Thanks in advance for any help.