Hub spacing?

Soarfinger

New Member
Hi
I picked up a new to me Vendetta yesterday. It felt like the rear wheel was especially tight in the dropouts. I can’t find the specs on line. Can anyone tell me the hub spacing on the front and rear wheel dropouts?
Thanks
Jim Finger
 

MrSteve

Zen MBB Master
The Vendettas I know and love use quick-release skewers to secure the wheels in the dropouts.

The rear hub is held in a pocket or socket style rear dropout, which means that to either install or to remove
a wheel, the frame may need to be spread a little to completely clear the hub ends.
The rear dropouts are both slotted to clear the loosened skewer.
My rear hub measures 102 mm.
The front hub is held in a pocket as well, and it's also slotted to help with both installation and removal of the front-drive wheel.
My drive (front) wheel hub measures 134 mm.

My Vendetta has three wheelsets, all of them vary a bit.
The stock wheels it was sold with, the Mavic Ksyrium wheels that came with the donor bike I bought for parts and some Pro Vuelta wheels I got for cheap.
So, the point is, the hub spacing of our quick-release equipped Vendettas is standard road-bike.

(The older Vendetta in my avatar picture is shown with my spare front wheel on it, the Mavic Ksyrium because the stock wheel had a flat tire on it.)
The future belongs to thru-axle, so there's that.
Hope this helps.
 

Soarfinger

New Member
That definitely helps. I figured it was road wheel hub friendly but I’ve never had to spread the forks like that to mount a wheel in any other recumbent or diamond frame.
I’ll carry on learning about the Vendetta and most likely continue to ask dumb questions. Thanks! Jim
 

Greg S

Well-Known Member
That definitely helps. I figured it was road wheel hub friendly but I’ve never had to spread the forks like that to mount a wheel in any other recumbent or diamond frame.
I’ll carry on learning about the Vendetta and most likely continue to ask dumb questions. Thanks! Jim
I don't have a Vendetta but suspect it's similar to my S40. The rear wheel is standard "front wheel" spacing -110mm. The front wheel is spaced at 132.5 so either a 130mm (standard road bike spacing) or 135mm ("gravel bike" spacing) will work.

Bottom line: any road bike wheelset will work just fine.
 
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