I've heard that aluminum cannot be respaced because the metal is prone to failure when stressed. How bad is it? I've got a bunch of parts laying around and I feel like building a bike right now, but that would involve respacing an aluminum frame.



Also, I've slowly been sanding through the chipped paint on the drive side of the disc wheel, while I'm at it I figure it might be fun to strip the frame down to the aluminum. Obviously it's not going to rust, but if it will look even worse naked then I'll just leave it be.



Here's Raleigh's page for the original bike.