I recently came into my parents’ 89 Cannondale touring bike and I cannot for the life of me figure out how the non-drive side of the rear wheel is supposed to mate with the frame. Original frame, original wheels. Sprocket side fits fine but this side has some large covering over the axle that’s too large for the frame. I’m not a complete newbie to bikes but I figure I should ask the people who deal with vintage bikes. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
ASingleGuitarString on
It looks like you have too many spacers on the axle that it’s completely covered. You need a thinner spacer.
StL-Insect on
Can we see a picture without the skewer? We can’t see the axle in that picture so it’s difficult to determine what exactly is going on. It looks like the axle is not extending out past the axle spacer, that’s not gonna work.
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I recently came into my parents’ 89 Cannondale touring bike and I cannot for the life of me figure out how the non-drive side of the rear wheel is supposed to mate with the frame. Original frame, original wheels. Sprocket side fits fine but this side has some large covering over the axle that’s too large for the frame. I’m not a complete newbie to bikes but I figure I should ask the people who deal with vintage bikes. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
It looks like you have too many spacers on the axle that it’s completely covered. You need a thinner spacer.
Can we see a picture without the skewer? We can’t see the axle in that picture so it’s difficult to determine what exactly is going on. It looks like the axle is not extending out past the axle spacer, that’s not gonna work.