Originally Posted by Andy_K

My understanding is that Reynolds 753 has similar flexibility to any other steel (in terms of being able to spread the dropouts enough to get a 130mm wheel in there) and that it's just its higher yield strength that makes it harder to cold set -- that is, it takes more stretching to get it to stay open. As such, I think it would be just as good of a candidate (and arguably better) for squeezing a wheel in there without cold setting as any other frame.