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@ianjchip
Excellent and detailed thread.
I used RJ the bike guy's rod method on a mid 80's Bob Jackson frame.
I spaced the frame out in the end to about 128mm enough to get a modern cassette hub in there. At one point, the rod method spread the frame out to 142mm! You can imagine the anxiety I felt wondering if I'd destroyed the frame!
However steel is springy and 128mm was something I could live with.
The only reason I did this was because trying to get 130mm wheels into a 126mm space when it's cold and wet and you've just punctured is not an experience I would want to repeat.