Cheers Scott. Some 5- and 6-speed road bikes had 126mm dropouts in the 80's/90's. Mine is one of those.
Best bet I recokon is to put the spacer back in and take the frame (to a different LBS!) to have the dropouts cold set to 130mm.
Simon
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Cheers Scott. Some 5- and 6-speed road bikes had 126mm dropouts in the 80's/90's. Mine is one of those.
Best bet I recokon is to put the spacer back in and take the frame (to a different LBS!) to have the dropouts cold set to 130mm.
Simon