1. I'm not interested in getting a smaller chainring, since I wanted as high a gearing as possible.
2. There are no spacers on the hub (at least not on the drive side), so I presume you're suggesting I add them. That would make the total hub width greater than the fork ends were designed for, and that doesn't sound like a sensible solution to me.

But forget it. I just thought earlier that I had found a solution, but later commented that I hadn't. I never intended to start an argument. Sorry.