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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:11 pm |
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Len S |
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_________________ Len Sackett
Berkley, Michigan
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:34 pm |
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verktyg |
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Welcome to the Forum,
There are 2 issues concerning your bike.
1. Bikes from the 1970s had 5 speed freewheels. The standard width of rear hubs was 120mm across the lock nuts (OLN).
The later 6 and 7 speed hubs were 126mm wide.
2. Most French made hubs from the 1970s used French (metric) freewheel threads on the hubs.
You don't need French hubs or even metric threaded hubs. You can use a British threaded rear hub. British threaded freewheels are easier to find. |
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_________________ Chas.
SF Bay Area, CA USA
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1969 TdF
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:18 am |
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Len S |
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Thanks for the reply
I stand with egg on my face.
Yes, the front is 95mm and the back 120mm.
I totaled an early 70's Schwinn over a dozen years ago but saved some of the spare stuff I had. Have a set of 27 inch x 1 1/4 inch wheels (steel rims) with 95mm and 120mm hubs on them in the garage loft. So I have had the hubs I need all along for this "new" bike. |
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_________________ Len Sackett
Berkley, Michigan
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1972 Gran Sport
1985 Performance |
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