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  • right then, im gonna need a bit of advice but il spin you a bit of yarn first: i bought my njs bridgestone track frame complete about three months ago and it was obvious that the previous had slightly neglected the bike, not terribly, but in a way that meant he hadnt touched anything in a long time. I recently got a flat, when i went to change it i couldnt get the wheel out (this is the rear.) at first i thought that the axle or the track nuts had corroded to the dropouts but then i unscrewed the nuts and gave the wheel a bit of force and the wheel would move backwards in the dropouts. i finally got the wheel out with a lot of force and it turned out that a 120mm spaced wheel had been jammed in the dropouts that were 110mm. what should i do? could i re-space the hub (high flange dura-ace 7600) to 110mm? is this even possible? what cold-setting the frame be an option? would it be expensive? or should i just sell the wheels i have and buy some 110mm wheels (i'd ideally be looking for the 7600 hubs)? are 110mm hubs or wheelsets quite rare?
    cheers in advance
    joe

    I have the same problem on an old track frame. As mine is my beater I removed the spacers from the hub which brought it down to about 115mm and can live with then squeezing the rear wheel into the frame. Not sure that you can do that on a DA hub. I think your options are to get one of these:

    http://www.tracksupermarket.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=600

    or as you say get your LBS to cold-set the frame which should be cheaper (although I found many places are reluctant to do it).

    You can but 110mm hubs but as you know they are not where near as common as 120mm and can be quite hard to come by. Someone on here probably has some though....

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