Bent frame - sell, repair, adapt, live with?

[Ugo51]

Thanks.

Yes 124mm. Mostly centered. There is still a bit of difference but it's about 1mm measured with the string at the level of the seat tube.

I thought it was meant to be a 126mm and I read somewhere that sometimes spacing was slightly less than hub size?

I had a look at the stays and they look the same on both sides so I don't know why the right one would spread more than the left.
I'll pick it up again in the weekend. And maybe in the meantime try and find something I can use as a 4x2.
Maybe a 4x2...

 

[hamster]

I'm going throw a bit of a spanner into the workings. Weren't some touring frames designed asymmetrically? To allow less wheel dish and hence a stronger rear wheel. And as Orbit were a smaller factory with a speciality being touring frames, maybe it was them

Yep, the Romany was definitely asymmetric mid-90s. However as far as I know the Harrier wasn't. The Romany took 26" (559) wheels and was aimed at heavy touring on rough roads, the Harrier at lighter stuff.

My Witcomb was re-spaced by GA Cycles in Southampton as part of a renovation. https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/1980-witcomb-restoration.477670/

 

[Ugo51]

Ok. So confirmed the Harrier is not asymmetrical.
That helps.