How much can I safely dish a wheel?

[damcard]

Greetings,

Man, have I made a lot of mistakes. I have 150mm spacing for my rear wheel. But, I have a 15mm wide floating brake adapter, so that put me at 135mm spacing. I purchased a Hadley 135mm single speed hub so that I could get the widest hub. I didn't take into account that the floating brake adapter would offset the assembly toward the drive side of the wheel. Now to compensate for that, I have to dish my wheel about 14mm. Is that okay for a 26" or 24" wheel? I should have just welded on a new brake caliper mount and used the 150mm spacing. Thanks, David.

 

[slayer]

i would try anything else than dishing, i had to dish mine too and i did it by a lot and it feels strange cause the wheels are not aligned and i think it may have wear my bearings faster.

 

[johnrobholmes]

How wide is the hub from flange to flange, or as a percentage of the width how far is 14mm?