Womens 26"truss rods for 26"men's bike?

[Espo415]

I bought some 26" women's truss rods and was wondering if they would fit my schwinn 26" spitfire! The women truss rods came of women's schwinn. Does anyone know because I tried to put them on and had trouble

 

[dougfisk]

In my experience, postwar 26in schwinn ballooners are the same, girls or boys. Prewar are different, boys being shorter than girls. I don't know about rods that come off the midweights. Is your spitfire a balloon or midweight? Is the set that doesn't fit the spitfire too short or too long? I have one set that is about 1/2in too short for my postwar ballooners and I don't know what it is for. :shock: It might be for a 24 in or prewar boys 26in... :?:

 

[ozzmonaut]

It seems like ladies bike headtubes are always longer than mens. I would say that most times the ladies trusses are probably at least an inch longer to accommodate this.

 

[Espo415]

Thanks for the info!

 

[B607]

Post war middleweight truss rods are 1/2" longer than balloon trusses. There is also 1/2" difference in rod length with braced truss prewar forks for locking and non locking. Gary

 

[ozzmonaut]

That makes for several different truss rod lengths. It seems someone should have designed an adjustable truss rod, perhaps make each rod 2 pieces with a threaded adjuster connecting the sections. Then 1 rod could fit many bikes.