Originally Posted by
ppg677
Even if you have this down, I struggle with this. For one, it doesn't work on the bikes where I put a 130mm hub into 126mm-spaced frame...sure, I could cold-set but I'd like not to have to cold-set just for this reason.
Even my newly-acquired 126mm Trek 950 frame needs to have its dropouts slightly stretched to put the 126mm hub in. For whatever reason the dropouts measure like 124/125mm.
I don't want to seem like I'm harping on you or being rude or whatever... My last post may have made it seem like that. Sorry.
The damage you do to the saddle and stem (and hoods) is permanent- My favorite stem has marks/gouges that won't buff out as a result of me flipping the bike over.
It's not too difficult to do this, you're not balancing anything, once you move the derailleur and get the chain on the cogs and you're resting the dropouts on the axle already- as you pull the stays apart the dropouts just drop right onto the axle- seating it. From there, you even it out before tightening the QR or nuts.