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wheel building tomorrow.

*m.f the land of Equality sure ;) more like Animal Farm.

but you have to love it.

traveling on Bikes is easy as the Swedes decided to separate bikes and "cars" as much as they can.

but watch out if you cycle on the road.

http://www.thelocal.se/27192/20100612/

What would be the advantage over a purely cable driven brake?

they were played with sometime in the mid to late '90s and some companies still produce them but i believe with MTB "V" brake pull compatibility.

http://www.szleechi.com/products_d.html

even with ABS !

but new forks will have the same restriction at the base.

if the quill is bottoming out then that is as low as you can go with that stem. new stem needed with a shorter quill part.

there is the drop out, not at this moment planning on using any tensioners BUT the frame came with some and has cut-outs to locate the bolt, but using then would effect the rear hub bearings as they would not be pressing fully on the spacers.

So it may be back to the drawing board for a shorter axle but with screw in stub axle ends to allow the tensioners to be used.

but lets see how Mk1 goes first.

the hub is a Diatec 20mm front MTB hub, but any 20mm front hub will give the same results.

the axle material..... I really should have mentioned it to them when disusing the sizes and tolerances. well I forgot but it ended up as a not bad error as they used some chrome steel from a hydraulic piston assy (like you see on the front of a JCB).

Note the axle finishes inside the frame the 2 Allen bolts are what site in the dropouts.

Vélo just a generic frame with Horizontal drops. Well they cab be swapped out for vertical if wanted.

more pics later.

TBH sounds like something is bent.

can you clean the inside of the steerer and the quill stem and then insert till friction is met and look for contact points.

so marker or engineers blue could help identify the contact points. might not help to much as i know they are a nice snug fit so it may not be easy to see.

the other option is try another fork for fitment.

well picked up the conversion today

forgot to mention the material..... but the new axle will not rust!

just need to check the chainline but it should be just about right but i have rotor spacers to tweek if needed.

cheers Hippy not seen that topic. But i was looking to see more of an issue with bearings etc..
the axle is the easy bit. Lathe and some ally stock sorted. make up a couple of spacers 5 and 10mm and job is a good one.

46mm chain line and a couple of allen headed Bolts screwed into the axle sorted.

cheers.

Ok then I guess no one has done this or there have been no issues.

when done i will report back.

thanks, yes i am very aware of VeloSolo and their hubs are converted XT hubs. and i have one of their cogs on the way to me at the moment.

I am planing on making up a 20mm X 130mm axle and spacers.

the axle threaded 10mm X 1,25mm to take some standard bolts...

anyone done it? found any problems..

why? i have the bits.

wow, there is some work gone into these bikes. some mad ones and lots of "normal" ones.

waiting on bits for mine.

I am sure i had a similar issue, but i am damned if i can remember how we sorted it.

will have a look at the bits in the shop later this week.

Got to love the BB tool that screws onto the axle.

Add some flat bars for extra leverage.