11-21-2009, 01:43 AM
My '76 Chicago Schwinn Collegiate has these oddball 597 BSD wheels and I'd like to replace these with a more popular wheel size. For one thing it's impossible to to find lightly knobby tires(for the snow which will hit soon) in that size. For another I think I want to go fixie with a flipflop rear. Third the front wheel has a shallow dent which made me set the front brakes looser than i'd like.
So what wheel sizes can I put on this thing? My local guy told me that the 590 BSD(the other 26 x 1&3/8) would be fiddly to get on, something about the axle fit...he is mumbly and not too talkative...I stopped trying to bug him further.
Here are some measurements that may help you guys help me.
(front/rear)
distance between fork/stay at top(tire space radius) 2.25"/2"
distance from the inside of the drop out to end of wheel space 14.25"/14"
inside clearance between dropouts 3.75"/4.75"
hub length 3"/4"
total hub length (tips of bolts) 5.75"/6"
don't know how much of that is useful.
So what wheel sizes can I put on this thing? My local guy told me that the 590 BSD(the other 26 x 1&3/8) would be fiddly to get on, something about the axle fit...he is mumbly and not too talkative...I stopped trying to bug him further.
Here are some measurements that may help you guys help me.
(front/rear)
distance between fork/stay at top(tire space radius) 2.25"/2"
distance from the inside of the drop out to end of wheel space 14.25"/14"
inside clearance between dropouts 3.75"/4.75"
hub length 3"/4"
total hub length (tips of bolts) 5.75"/6"
don't know how much of that is useful.