retrobiker273891
Retro Guru
I didn't know quando is 'bad' I just ride it and it works! I would certainly do research if buying other gear but at the time I just took what the bike shop gave me and presumed it was ok.I think your probably goingbto start wasting money buying expensive freewheel to graft to a very cheap quando hub. I would junk the wheel and buy a cassette hub pair of wheels.
It will save you loads of heartache in the long run. Plus you will have better, lighter wheels if you shop well.
Put up wanted advert on here for some 8+ speed wheels with kinda lx level or better hubs and see what people offer. Or go to your local bike charity/ shop/ tip and see what's second hand there.
Its far more future proof and cheaper. To give you an idea, I got a few 8 speed cassettes hg50 shimano from wiggle for £6.99 each in the sale...With sram chains the same!
Failing that, take it to a shop to get them to take a look and sell you a freewheel. Im pretty savvy, but would be in educated guess territory ordering one of those bigger freewheels for that hub! Im sure it would work, but your into fiddling and dishing territory!
All the best.
Not so much about price, if I see nothing wrong with current stuff I don't see any cause to get better and have what is working fine for me scrapped on the tip. Throwaway society. Sure if something was causing me nothing but problems but I have no complaints - except high gearing, and yes I do want a rigid frame sooner or later.
I mean I get the idea of not throwing good money after bad but I will set a limit of around £100 to buy this freewheel and the granny crankset discussed earlier elsewhere and that should keep me just under.
My plan is just to replace parts as they break and sooner or later transfer over the new stuff I bought to a new frame so don't think the new gear will be wasted: freewheel, crankset and such.
Why would redishing be required though? I thought as long as you have 135mm dropouts then that is the standard even for the higher modern day speeds so should fit? I just read this chart from his lordship: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet-spacing.html
Looks like even the biggest of contemporary ones come to 40.1 for the campagnolo 11 speed at the time of writing the article.
This one states 40mm.
With the buying parts, I could just buy it and try it and return it if it didn't work and get the 7 speed. It would still be in resalable condition so should be a simple swap within 30 days of purchase return allowances for online buying.
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