Hello all I’m new here and i have an issue with my lovely little kona.
I've been riding my 93 kona kilauea singlespeed for the past 4 months as a rolling restoration which i've been upgrading (with modern bits unfortunately) when the urge takes me. I’m now onto wheels and have come across a minor (dear god i hope it’s minor) problem.
The rear has a bolted in rear wheel not a quick release when i put the wheel in it winds the dropouts in about 8-10mm on each side. Now i assume that the space between the dropouts should be 135mm to suit a standard hub which it is with the wheel installed. When there is no wheel installed the space between dropouts is around 150mm.
Now my question is
A) Is my frame borked and if so can it be fixed?
B) Is it meant to be like this and i have the wrong sized rear hub installed? (do i need a 150mm hub?)
C) Is it ok to run a 150mm hub even if it is a bit borked but still fairly sound?
All help gratefully received.
Thanks
Huw
I've been riding my 93 kona kilauea singlespeed for the past 4 months as a rolling restoration which i've been upgrading (with modern bits unfortunately) when the urge takes me. I’m now onto wheels and have come across a minor (dear god i hope it’s minor) problem.
The rear has a bolted in rear wheel not a quick release when i put the wheel in it winds the dropouts in about 8-10mm on each side. Now i assume that the space between the dropouts should be 135mm to suit a standard hub which it is with the wheel installed. When there is no wheel installed the space between dropouts is around 150mm.
Now my question is
A) Is my frame borked and if so can it be fixed?
B) Is it meant to be like this and i have the wrong sized rear hub installed? (do i need a 150mm hub?)
C) Is it ok to run a 150mm hub even if it is a bit borked but still fairly sound?
All help gratefully received.
Thanks
Huw