Hello Joe, I recently did this, but in the opposite direction, 135mm down to 126mm OLD for an early '80's mixte Shogun that I'm setting up for my wife. I used the shorter axel from the original wheel and what ever spacers I had laying around to get to 126. I had centered the rim as Keith had suggested, a 1/4 turn at a time. Worked out fine. Good opportunity to clean and grease the bearing.
One word of caution, be sure the rim you plan to use isn't worn out. I had used put my '90's mtb wheels on to my Big Dummy and was using it for a while, but then spokes started to pop and my LBS mechanic said is was due to the rim side wall being worn away. Good luck, John On Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 4:16:14 PM UTC-5, Joe Bernard wrote: > My soon-too-be-shipped CLEM frame is going to need wheels, and I have a > dilemma. I have a lovely handbuilt mid-'90s XT-hubbed rear wheel with 130 > spacing, and a same era STX RC wheel with 135. Is it possible for me to > extract the 135 axle out of the STX and put it in the XT? Or is there some > simpler way to make my XT wheel fit my CLEM? > > Thanks, > Joe Bernard > Vallejo, CA. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
