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DougC
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I happened to be thinking of this, and remembered something on the Worksman site so I went back to verify what I saw there: on their parts list they have three different types of industrial bike frames (ladies, curved/small and straight/large) but they don't have any options for rear-end width.... and I already noted how the frame was about a half-inch too narrow for the 3-speed hub, making it darn near impossible to get in and out. So obviously Worksman is not building different-width rears, they're just using some kind of tool to spread the frame enough to get the wider hubs in. Worksman only does steel frames, however--none aluminum.Years ago I wanted to put a seven speed hub in a frame, so I went to a bicycle shop to enquire about it. I was shown that the seven speed hub would not fit my frame because it was much wider than a 3 speed hub. ...
Ya might want to splurge now....I love internally geared hubs. One day when I'm feeling extravagant I'll get a Rohloff Speedhub.
They cost ~$1400+, and that was before the US dollar started dropping....
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