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Respacing a LeVeL
The neat thing about the LeVeL InI hub is that a few minutes' work will set it up for a 120 or 135mm bike. The mode change isn't just respacing--it also changes the chainline. These few pictures show Will's battered LeVeL prototype undergoing the change from 135 to 120 spacing. The whole operation requires: 6mm and 8mm allen keys, TorX driver (one free with each rear hub) and a respacer kit (d'oh).
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Using the 6mm key...
...bolt the non-drive end of your hub onto something. This old multispanner works well, but you can use one dropout of your bike at a pinch.
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On the drive side...
...remove the other mounting bolt, then use the 8mm allen key to replace the old spacer with the new one.
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Out with the 6mm allen key...
...undo the bolt securing the multispanner, bike dropout or other object to the non-drive side and re-attach it on the drive side.
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Flip the hub...
...and use the 8mm allen key again to change the spacer on the non-drive side.
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Here's the clever bit...
...undo the TorX bolts, work off the LeVeL cog...
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...flip the cog...
...and bolt it back on again. Because the cog is asymmetric, the flip changes the chainline from singlespeed-y 51mm to a slightly tubby track 44mm.
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