Old 03-30-17 | 11:27 AM
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HillRider
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Bikes: '96 Litespeed Catalyst, '05 Litespeed Firenze, '06 Litespeed Tuscany, '20 Surly Midnight Special, All are 3x10. It is hilly around here!

Many 135 mm OLD hubs have a 5 mm spacer on the non-drive side that can be removed and the axle shortened by the same 5 mm to give a 130 mm OLD hub. You could later convert it back to 135 by replacing the spacer and recentering the axle. The resulting axle protrusions into the dropouts will be less than the standard 5.5 mm/side but still adequate.

However, this conversion will also require redishing the rim after each conversion so it's not something to be done often and certainly not if you plan to use the same wheel on two different bikes interchangeably.
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