Originally Posted by
Salamandrine
It's not a hack to cold set. It's a hack to cold set badly without checking and correcting frame, dropout and hanger alignment. It's a hack to ride the wrong size wheel without cold setting.
Going from 126 to 130 is not a big deal. If you could go back to the late 70s to early 80s, many if not most of the bikes on the starting line of a bike race would have been reset to 126 from 120.
Thanks for the info about cold settings from 120-126mm. Seems a standard procedure from back in the day. My knowledge in cold setting is limited and not being able to identify a bad vs good cold setting is what am concerned about. I've read Sheldons guidance on how to measure which is what I'll probably use afterwards for confirmation. I've called two places so far to confirm if they cold set. One uses his hands to cold set and check measurements with tools while other is not using anything for measurement. That latter is out of picture. I'll be calling a few more places to see who has the the most knowledge and experience to make sure the frame does not get damaged due to a bad adjustment.