> If I go to cassette wheels will I need the frame respaced to 130mm or > is 126mm close enough?
You most likely will need to have the frame respaced. On Dec 3, 12:02 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I haven't posted much since I'm currently "Between Rivendells" but > this thread interests me. I didn't start cycling seriously enough to > get to the point where I really tore into bikes until 1999 or so. So > while I'm sure I rode some freewheels I never had to deal with > maintenance. > > Two weeks I won an ebay auction and I'm now the proud owner of a 1986 > Specialized Allez. It's a nice racy lugged steel bike. It's equipped > with Shimano an R600 6-speed group. Low gear is 42/23 and that's not > gonna work for 45 yr old me (Maybe I should have bought the bike when > it came out in 1986 and I was 23.......). So I have from Rivendell a > new IRD freewheel, a new chain, and some 130bcd 38/50 chain rings on > order. > > I want to try downtube shifting for awhile, but if I don't like it I > could go bar end shifting, but I must admit I really like STI and have > some barely used Shimano Sora brifters in my garage "stash". > > If I go to cassette wheels will I need the frame respaced to 130mm or > is 126mm close enough? > > If you know of a good shop that works on older bikes in Orange County, > CA or the Long Beach area let me know. The 2 shops closest to me > pretty much deal only with the latest and greatest stuff. > > Thanks, > > Chris Roy > Laguna Hills, CA > > On Dec 1, 12:05 pm, "Seth Vidal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > If this has been discussed previously, I'll be happy to be referred to > > the archives. > > > what's the functional differences between cassettes and freewheels? > > I'm looking at wheels on riv's site and I can't figure out what I'd be > > gaining or losing with one or the other. > > > thanks, > > -sv- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
