Hi there,

I bought a pair of 700C rims for an old 10 speed frame yesterday. Unfortunately the front dropouts are slightly too narrow to fit onto the hub axle. I've looked at the previous posts about this problem, and it looks like a way around this is filing the axle or the dropouts. Filing the axle appears to win out over filing the dropouts because the fork might not be balanced if you shave off more on one side. But wouldn't that be the exact same concern if the axle is shaved?

Instead of shaving down any parts, I'm wondering if it's possible to replace the axle and locknuts with narrower ones.