It's called OLD, have a read of this for some info but yeah he/she was trying to fob you off as one of the solutions is to just tighten down.
http://sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html
You won't have the same choice of hubs(not a huge difference tbh) but the spokes and rims will be the same.
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It's called OLD, have a read of this for some info but yeah he/she was trying to fob you off as one of the solutions is to just tighten down.
http://sheldonbrown.com/frame-spacing.html
You won't have the same choice of hubs(not a huge difference tbh) but the spokes and rims will be the same.