the wheels came on the bike, it has about 200 miles on it, I think they are probably dished OK, at least the V-brakes are centered without having to play games. they are cheap wheels, I do plan eventually on getting better ones, probably Handspun Pavement Series 5.1's, with Deore LX hubs and Velocity Dyad rims, 36H, and having my LBS tune them up on arrival for whatever nominal fee they'll charge for that, but in the meantime, these wheels are good enough to get me around, noname specialized hubs, alex rims, your basic cheap hybrid stuff. at least they are stainless spokes and not cheap chrome-plate stuff.

i have no intentions of messing with the rear cluster spacing. the derailleur hanger passes my eyeball test (middle gear, middle chainring, bike on work stand, from 6' behind eyeball the derailleur arm against the chainrings, they sure look parallel to me).

right now, when I eyeball the center rear cog against the chainring, the SMALL chainring is about aligned with the middle cog, and the big chain ring is about aligned with the smallest cog, so getting a BB with a axle thats 10-12mm shorter should put things right.