Hub gear problems

Quoted post said:

Originally posted by Philip Thornton
Ye olde 5 speed Sturmey Archer S2 hub on my Cheltenham Pedersen is
feeling its age. I' like to fit a spanky new 7 speed hub of some variety
but I'm a bit concerned about the width between the rear dropouts. Its
as near as dammit 114mm, but I have a feeling that some of the current
hubs require a wider spacing than this.
Any ideas/suggestions/observations would be most welcome before I go and
splash the cash on something that doesn't fit :-)

Regards

Philip Thornton-Evison

Well according to http://www.algonet.se/~osarkab/mart_1/mltn-orbit/files_moo/Hubgearspecs.html
you are correct in thinking that most hub gears beed a wider OLN. Assuming the frame is steel you can either get a good LBS/frame builder to cold set the frame or do it yourself following Sheldon's advice (www.sheldonbrown.com). (you won;t be able to force teh rear triangle apart by hand this far unfortunately.

Sorry I can't be of more help

Bryan

Philip THornton-Evison said:

Ye olde 5 speed Sturmey Archer S2 hub on my Cheltenham
Pedersen is feeling its age. I' like to fit a spanky new
7 speed hub of some variety but I'm a bit concerned
about the width between the rear dropouts. Its as near
as dammit 114mm, but I have a feeling that some of the
current hubs require a wider spacing than this. Any
ideas/suggestions/observations would be most welcome
before I go and splash the cash on something that
doesn't fit :-)

If it does come to that, you may be able to get the frame
"spread" (ie. bent!) to fit the hub. See sheldonbrown.comframeOpen ↗
spacing.html

~PB