Help needed! Shipping spacer for rear wheel replacement.

[DebW]

You can cut a piece of wood to the correct length and hammer a nail part way into each end to make it stay in the dropouts. New bikes used to come like this. You should definitely put something in there. Guess you could also remove the axle from your rear hub and use that, along with the cones, locknuts, and quick release, but that's alot of work.

[Grog]

Phew!

I found a correct spacer at a bike shop on the other side of town.

Thanks Deb for your advice! I was going to take an Ikea shoerack apart if I didn't find a spacer!!