Originally Posted by
freshnfunk
I did say that "it can be kinda a hassle if you have to bend them in/space your wheel" although I guess hub is the right term. You're also definitely right about bb length adjustments, although there can be issues with bb's that are too short to accommodate the chainring on a ss crankset. And I definitely agree about not bending in aluminum drops. .
Spacing your hub is about as simple as it gets, if you have a standard track spaced hub (120mm) and a 7 speed spaced bike (126mm) just pull off the locknuts and add one 3mm spacer to each side, most LBS will give then away for free.
Of course if your lazy, and you have a nutted axle, you don't even need to respace, you can just tighten down the frame on the hub. It'll take a bit more work to tighten the track nuts than usual, but nothing a decent 15mm can't handle.
Trust me, I've done both, both work, and neither of them impacts chainline.