Originally Posted by Phoible
You probably don't even need to cold set the stays. You should be able to squeeze a 130mm wheel into a 126mm frame with no problems. Its a pretty small difference.
+1
I put a Campy 8 speed, 130mm, in a Schwinn Prelude, 126mm, and it almost fell in. Most of the time you can just pull a 126 apart by hand and a 130 will fit real nice. Aluminum is another matter, it isn't very forgiving.
Tim