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I installed Jammy's custom axle and it worked a treat! Great machining and perfect length. Got some washers in there as well as per mooks' recommendation. Thanks!

I followed [ame="http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=347132"]this[/ame] guide which worked without problems. However, I think I may have put one of the bearings in unevenly or something. The wheel doesn't seem to run true anymore. It's brand new and never been ridden, so I don't think that's the problem. Thought I had maybe shot the bearing but it's running smoothly so it's probably not that. The only other thing I can think of is that I didn't get one of the cartridges back in evenly so it's not sitting perfectly straight in the hub.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Thought I'd report back to y'all.

I received Jammy's axle the other day and installed it yesterday, following [ame="http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=347132"]this[/ame] guide. It worked a treat. The axle is a perfect length and of great quality, looks like it was CNC'ed. It would be great if you could get another batch of these made by the same guys. Looks like they know what they're doing. Otherwise, if that falls through, I can actually probably get a guy from work to make some.

Thanks, jammy!

Okay, thanks for the advice, guys. I've got some shorter spacers and going to give it a go but I've managed to bag Jammy's fancy bespoke axle so that's probably the way to go. I may be asking some questions on how to replace the axle. Never taken a hub apart but it looks fairly straightforward.

Cheers, I'll give that a go. Will go out and get some shorter spacers.

Thanks for the comments guys. I just had another look now and it's actually more like 5 turns I can get on and it would take 9 to get the end of the axle flush with the end of the nut. So I'm about 3-4mm short. Total nut height is 12mm, of which about 11mm are threaded.

I suppose I'll give using less spacers and squeezing frame a go. Not sure whether the tension that creates on the nuts, i.e. pushing them outwards, would help my cause though.

Jammy, def still interested in the custom axle though. Thanks for letting me know. Give me a shout if the other two candidates fall through.

Surely, there are quite a few people with this problem. Could consider getting a bulk of these done and flogging them... Hm...

I've got a Condor branded Formula/System Ex rear hub which I've spaced out to fit into a 130mm frame - and the axle turned out to be too short. Great.

I got some different nuts that have less washer and more thread on them. When I screw those on, I get about 7-8 turns in which takes me about two thirds down the nut.

Is that enough? I don't want to have to worry about my rear wheel popping off mid-ride. Should I put some Loctite on? Or should I reduce the amount of spacers to 3mm each side (from 5mm) and squeeze the dropouts the extra 2mm each side which would give me more thread? Or should I just shut up and stop worrying?

Of course, I never even considered that the axle could be too short, let alone that there are virtually no longer axles available for these hubs. Someone else on here has had a longer axle machined. Short of doing that (or buying a new hub) what are my options?

Cheers

Awesome! These still available?

I've found these which are quite cheap but I'd rather have a second hand one somehow.

I'm looking for a silver quill stem as well. Are any of the above still going? 80mm or so would be best.

Stumbled across B's frame the other day. Really nice! Raleigh Richmond is what the gf has been looking for – just a tad small for her. Sounds perfect for spark303's girl.

So, the decision is that if we can't find a 531 frame soon (it's spring now innit), then it's going to be one of the Mistys or Wisps which seem to be popping up on the bay a lot. Does anyone know what the difference is? They seem to both be the same tubing. Was one a a touring the other a racing frame?

Ha! furious tiles, that sounds just about right, Riva boats, huh?

I know I've got a bit of a challenge on my hand. I've tried to convince her to get a diamond frame in a girly colour like edscoble's girlfriend's bike but looks like she's set on the mixte.

How small do you think we could go in frame size? There seem to be a few slightly smaller ones around. Seen someone here selling a Raleigh Richmond which is 53cm...

Yeah, there are plenty of Wisps and Mistys out there but they're all quite heavy. A friend of mine has got a Peugeot and that's too heavy as well. My girlfriend used to have a city bike, followed by a Ridgeback hybrid and definitely doesn't want to go back to the heavy-handedness of a city bike. So she wants speed and lightness – but with girliness. Yep, picky picky.

Thanks fasteddy, but I think that's going to be a bit tight – girlfriend is 5'11". Been looking everywhere, including Gumtree, but they're always either too heavy or too small.

Bloody frustrating.

Thanks for the post but it's got to be a real mixte with the split top tube running down to the rear axle.

I'm sure I'm not the only one after a mixte frame for my girlfriend but thought I'd give it a shot here.

She's quite tall, so needs to be 21"–22". She wants it light, ideally 531 throughout. Probably going to get it resprayed so it can be in fairly shoddy condition.

Thanks!

I got a frame on eBay which unexpectedly came with an OMAS headset, threaded 1" ISO. I've cleaned it all up and it's in fairly good condition apart from the lower head race which is seriously pitted.

Has anyone got half a headset lying around? Maybe someone has got a pitted top race and could kindly supply the bottom race?

Cheers

Sounds good, would maybe be up for it.

REPOST from the same page,,,,, its a joke right?

I must be fucking blind. Apologies for the repost, guys.

Freddie Grubb track frame

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